beaut
/bjuːt/US/bjut/
beaut noun: something or someone that is physically attractive.
Noun
beaut (plural beauts)
- Something or someone that is physically attractive.
- That new car of yours is a real beaut.
- Synonyms:
- beautiful person
- Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
- Bruno lifted his left hand out of the bucket in order to point out to Catfoot a lump, the size of a darning egg, over his left eye. […] "Ain't it a beaut, Cat? It's where he butted me."1942, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning, published 2001, page 282
- In his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, “When I make a mistake it's a beaut!”1994, Stephen Jay Gould, Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History, page 109
Adjective
beaut (comparative beauter, superlative beautest)
- Beautiful, splendid.
- An' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all them dandy swells A feelin' fer a wipe.1895, Elbridge Kingsley, Frederick Knab, Picturesque Worcester ...: Complete in Three Parts, page 40
- It was beaut to have him home again, and gee, you should have seen the bike he bought me from Paris. From the same factory as his own was made.1968, James Phillip McAuley, Quadrant
Synonyms of beaut
- beautiful person
Forms of beaut
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | beauts |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | beauter |
| superlative | beautest |
Origin of beaut
Either a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof.
Words that rhyme with beaut
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- dilute
- hoot
- loot
- pursuit
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- astute
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- jute
- minute
- newt
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
- cheroot
Questions about beaut
- What does beaut mean?
- Beaut means something or someone that is physically attractive.
- What part of speech is beaut?
- Beaut can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce beaut?
- Beaut is pronounced /bjuːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of beaut?
- The plural of beaut is beauts.
Words near beaut in the dictionary
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