"beaut" meaning in English

See beaut in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beaut.wav [Southern-England] Forms: beauter [comparative], beautest [superlative]
enPR: byo͞ot Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: Clipping of beauty. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|beauty}} Clipping of beauty Head templates: {{en-adj|beauter}} beaut (comparative beauter, superlative beautest)
  1. (informal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid. Tags: Australia, especially, informal Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-beaut-en-adj-zwVP3LrO Disambiguation of Appearance: 55 44 1 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 3 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 3 3

Noun

IPA: /bjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beaut.wav [Southern-England] Forms: beauts [plural]
enPR: byo͞ot Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: Clipping of beauty. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|beauty}} Clipping of beauty Head templates: {{en-noun}} beaut (plural beauts)
  1. (informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive. Tags: informal Synonyms (someone that is physically attractive): beautiful person
    Sense id: en-beaut-en-noun-I4xA9TTL Disambiguation of 'someone that is physically attractive': 100 0
  2. (informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-beaut-en-noun-u2i--Ugr

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