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Noun: beaut  byoot
Usage: informal
  1. An outstanding example of its kind
    "when I make a mistake it's a beaut";
    - beauty, knockout [informal], lulu [informal], killer [informal], blinder [Brit, informal], cracker [Brit, informal]
Adjective: beaut  byoot
Usage: Austral, NZ, informal
  1. Brilliant; very good
    - socko [N. Amer, informal], righteous [US, slang], fab [Brit, informal], crucial [slang], rad [N. Amer, slang], radical [N. Amer, slang], nang [Brit, slang], phat [slang], legit [US, slang], awesomesauce [informal], amazeballs [informal], lit [US, slang], storming [Brit, informal], blinding [Brit, slang], stonking [Brit, informal], brill [Brit, informal], wicked [slang], cushty [Brit, informal], ace [informal], def [slang], magic [Brit, slang], smokin' [slang], smoking [slang], super [informal], sick [N. Amer, slang]

Sounds like: butte, bute

Derived forms: beauts

See also: A1 [informal], ace [informal], A-one [informal], awesome [informal], beezer [UK, archaic], brilliant, crack [informal], excellent, fantabulous [informal], first-class, first-rate, lush [Brit, informal], mean [informal], outstanding, ripping [Brit, informal], splendid, stellar [informal], super, tiptop, top-drawer, topnotch [informal], top-notch [informal], tops [informal]

Type of: example, exemplar, good example, model

Encyclopedia: Beaut