English
Etymology
Shortened from beauty.
Pronunciation
byo�ot, /bju�t/, /<tt>bju:t</tt>/
:Rhymes:English:-u�t|Rhymes: -u�t
Homophones: w:Bute|Bute, w:Butte|Butte
Noun
en-noun
- colloquial Something or someone that is physically attractive.
#:That new car of yours is a real beaut.
#colloquial Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
#:With a little decoration this house could be a real beaut.
#*1942, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning (2001), page 282
#*: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."
#*1994, Stephen Jay Gould, Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History, page 109
#*:In his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, �When I make a mistake it's a beaut!�
#*2000, James Patterson, The Midnight Club, page 272
#*:Both of them were used to long surveillance stints. This looked like it might be a beaut.
vi:beaut
zh:beaut
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