Colloquial Variant guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
great; excellent; powerful
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: chiefly Midwestern and Northeastern US
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name
A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A cadet's basic training at West Point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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name
Acronym of Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
Any four-footed land mammal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
All non-human animals seen as a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, often
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noun
A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: monster
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noun
Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A sex offender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
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noun
Something unpleasant and difficult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To impose arduous exercise upon, either as training or as punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
To bully or harass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang, transitive
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verb
To engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, slang, transitive
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noun
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna
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Broader terms: organism, being
Narrower terms: pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, poikilotherm, ectotherm, range animal, varmint, varment, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal, feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer, stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female, male, adult, young, offspring, thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore, acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg, chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal, prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, larva, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate
noun
a cruelly rapacious person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
History
From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia.
Across languages
246 source translations are retained for this English entry.
