beaut

noun

1. (informal)Something or someone that is physically attractive.

   “That new car of yours is a real beaut.”

2. (informal)Something that is a remarkable example of its type.

   “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."”

   “In his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, “When I make a mistake it's a beaut!””

   “Both of them were used to long surveillance stints. This looked like it might be a beaut.”

   “Oh, yeah. She's a beaut. Looks like an oil tanker.”

adj

1. (Australia, especially, informal)Beautiful, splendid.

   “An' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all them dandy swells A feelin' fer a wipe.”

   “It was beaut to have him home again, and gee, you should have seen the bike he bought me from Paris. From the same factory as his own was made.”

   “She was very motherly towards me then and it was beaut. Before I was eighteen, there just wasn't any kind words. All I wanted to do was get away from there.”

   “Yes, it was beaut.”