beast

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.

   • Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
2. 2

   A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.

   2. 5

      A sex offender.

      • Shouts had been heard: 'We're coming to kill you, beasts.' In desperation, Rule 43s had tried to barricade their doors[…]
      • For many prisoners and in many prisons, antipathy towards 'nonces' or 'beasts' is little more than an idea[…]
   3. 6

      Something unpleasant and difficult.

      • […] Even unopposed, the natural obstacles are formidable, and defending his line of advance will be a beast of a problem."
      • He'd be in the hospital a few days — broken collarbone, a cast on his arm, a beast of a headache — but fine.
   4. 7

      A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.

      • Now, the nucleus of a heavy element is a very peculiar beast.
      • 'Lucy Leave', also known as 'Lucy Lea in Blue Tights', is a stranger beast altogether. Musically it is as derivative as everything else the band was playing at this time
      • But Wasting Light, recorded analog to tape (API 1608 32track, two Studer 827s) with no computers, not even to mix or master, is an entirely different beast.
   5. 8

      To impose arduous exercise upon, either as training or as punishment.

      • 2013, Elaine M. Crawley, Doing Prison Work Recalling his training experiences in the Army and now the Prison Service, this young male officer remarked: In the Army, to get beasted was to be given a lot of psychological pressure […]
   6. 9

      To bully or harass.

   7. 10

      To engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context.

      • That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.
   8. 11

      great

      great; excellent; powerful

      • 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.
      • Translation: a piece of crap, but the rest of the car was totally beast.
   9. 12

      A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the…

      A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.

      • The Number of the Beast Is 666 (13:16-18) John's vision concludes with the notorious reference to the "mark of the beast" and the number 666.
   10. 13

       A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only…

       A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos.

       • the Beast of Bodmin Moor
   11. 14

       A cadet's basic training at West Point.

       • Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.
       • I was able to keep up with the herd and evade the Beast. Cadet Basic Training ended with a rigorous twenty four-hour exercise that included a twelve-mile, rite-of-passage road march to West Point […]
   12. 15

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