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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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Before games, the 7-foot center drinks a specially mixed energy drink that has the message “unleash the beast” written on the bottle in black ink.

From Los Angeles Times

He has been a beast these last few weeks - two goals also obviously helps as a centre-back.

From BBC

Wind, the British-born author notes, “finds its way into just about every activity and inactivity of man, beast, plant and thing that exists in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Like Vecna, “Stranger Things” is a different beast than other shows gazing backwards through rose-tinted lenses because Hawkins is an idealized version of Reagan’s fabled “Morning in America” era.

From Salon

“Of course it’s true. Division is a fairly recent beast that wants to devour us.”

From Los Angeles Times