beast
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
- 2.
A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
- 3.
(slang)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.
- 4.
(slang)Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
- 5.
(derogatory, slang)(prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
- 6.
(figuratively)Something unpleasant and difficult.
- 7.
A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
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verb- 1.
(British, transitive)(British, military, transitive) 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 […]
- 2.
(UK, slang, transitive)(UK, prison slang, transitive) To bully or harass.
The old school of prisoner who have seen it all when, now I don't mean this nastily, when they were beasted, and they did what they were told, there were no ifs or buts, nowadays there are questions, there are grey areas and we're more sympathetic […]
- 3.
(Scotland, slang, transitive)To engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context.
That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.
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adjective- 1.
(slang)(slang, chiefly Midwestern and Northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
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From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (bête), from Latin bēstia (animal, beast); many cognates – see bēstia.