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beast
English
Alternative forms
- beest (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin b?stia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see b?stia.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /bi?st/
- Rhymes: -i?st
Noun
beast (plural beasts)
- Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
- (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
- Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.
- A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
- (slang) Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
- That is a beast of a stadium.
- The subwoofer that comes with this set of speakers is a beast.
- (slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
- (prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
- 1994, Elaine Player, Michael Jenkins, Prisons After Woolf: Reform Through Riot (page 190)
- Shouts had been heard: 'We're coming to kill you, beasts.' In desperation, Rule 43s had tried to barricade their doors […]
- 1994, Elaine Player, Michael Jenkins, Prisons After Woolf: Reform Through Riot (page 190)
- (figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
- 2000, Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon, Berkley (2001), ?ISBN, page 905:
- […] Even unopposed, the natural obstacles are formidable, and defending his line of advance will be a beast of a problem."
- 2006, Heather Burt, Adam's Peak, Dundurn Press (2006), ?ISBN, page 114:
- He'd be in the hospital a few days — broken collarbone, a cast on his arm, a beast of a headache — but fine.
- 2000, Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon, Berkley (2001), ?ISBN, page 905:
- A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
Derived terms
- beastly
- minibeast
- saddle beast
- beast of burden
Related terms
- bestial
- bestiary
Translations
See also
- belluine (suppletive adjective)
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
beast (third-person singular simple present beasts, present participle beasting, simple past and past participle beasted)
- (Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
Adjective
beast (comparative more beast, superlative most beast)
- (slang, chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
- 1999, "Jason Chue", AMD K6-2 350mhz, FIC VA503+, LGS 64mb PC100 sdram (on newsgroup jaring.pcbase)
- There is another type from Siemens which is the HYB 39S64XXX(AT/ATL) -8B version (notice the "B" and the end) which is totally beast altogether.
- 1999, "Jason Chue", AMD K6-2 350mhz, FIC VA503+, LGS 64mb PC100 sdram (on newsgroup jaring.pcbase)
Anagrams
- Bates, Sebat, abets, baste, bates, beats, besat, betas, esbat, tabes
Middle English
Noun
beast
- Alternative form of beeste
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beasts
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi?sts/
Noun
beasts
- plural of beast
Verb
beasts
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beast
Anagrams
- Asbest, basest, basset, bastes, esbats
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