beaut

[byoot] /byut/
noun, Informal.
1.
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
Origin
1865-70, Americanism; by shortening from beauty
Can be confused
beaut, butte, Butte.
Examples from the web for beaut
  • Also harvesting a fair to increasing volume of summer beaut has started with volume expected later on next week.
British Dictionary definitions for beaut

beaut

/bjuːt/
noun
1.
a person or thing that is outstanding or distinctive
2.
a kind, friendly, or trustworthy person
adjective
3.
good or excellent
interjection
4.
Also you beaut!. an exclamation of joy or pleasure
Word Origin and History for beaut
n.

1866, abbreviated form of beauty in the sense of "a beautiful thing or person."

Slang definitions & phrases for beaut

beaut

noun

A person or thing that is remarkable or extraordinary; humdinger, lollapalooza: While the president doesn't go off on these tangents often, when he does, they are beauts/ That black eye was a beaut (1860s+)