Beast

Beast

A beast is a somewhat antiquated term for an animal, especially a four-legged mammal.

Beast or BEAST may also refer to:
* Beast (Disney character)
* Beast (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
* "Beast" (video game), an ASCII game made in 1984
* "Beast" (TV series), a British sitcom
* "Beasts" (TV series), a horror programme by Nigel Kneale
* Beasts (race), a fictional race in "Phantasy Star"
* Beast (dog), a fictional dog in "The Hills Have Eyes"
* "Beast" (novel), a novel by Ally Kennen
* Beast of Gévaudan, a wolf or wolves responsible for the deaths of 99 people in France
* Beast (album), the debut album of rapper V.I.C.
* BEAST or Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre
* Beast or "Shadow of the Beast", a video game
* Beast or Milwaukee's Best, a beer
* Beast, a guitar model by B.C. Rich
* SBO Beast!, a guitar from SBO Custom Guitars
* Among biologists, "beast" is sometimes a conventional translation of "-therium" (plural "-theria") in biological names.

The Beast may refer to:
* "The Beast" (1988 film)
* "The Beast" (1996 film)
* "The Beast" (album), an album by Polish death metal band Vader
* The Beast (Bible), often identified with Satan and the Antichrist
* The Beast (Buffyverse), a fictional demon in the TV series "Angel"
* The Beast of Craggy Island, from the TV series "Father Ted"
* The Beast (comics), a fictional demon in the Marvel Comics universe
* "The Beast" (game), an alternate reality game promoting "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence"
* "The Beast" ("Neon Genesis Evangelion" episode)
* "The Beast" (newspaper), a Buffalo, New York newspaper
* "The Beast" (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio. (Mason)
* "The Beast" (TV series), a short-lived 2001 TV series
* The Beast (wrestler), the stage name of Yvon Cormier, a retired Canadian professional wrestler

The Beast may also refer to:
* A fictional demonic villain from "Doctor Who"
* A 1991 novel thriller by Peter Benchley
* A 1994 children's horror novel and its sequel by R.L. Stine
* The villain of the "Poltergeist" films
* A song by the Fugees from "The Score"
* The main antagonist of "Kung Fu Hustle"
* A nickname for the Presidential State Car (United States)
* A nickname for the fictional battlestar Pegasus in the re-imagined series of "Battlestar Galactica"

People nicknamed The Beast

* Júlio Baptista, a Brazilian football player
* Michael Beasley, a United States basketball player
* Aleister Crowley, an acclaimed occultist
* Jimmie Foxx, a United States baseball player
* Brandon Marshall, a United States American football player
* Max Mirnyi, a professional tennis player from Belarus
* Tendai Mtawarira, a Zimbabwean born South Africa Rugby player
* Dan Severn, a mixed martial arts fighter

ee also

*Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation)
*Number of the Beast (disambiguation)


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  • Beast — (b[=e]st), n. [OE. best, beste, OF. beste, F. b[^e]te, fr. L. bestia.] 1. Any living creature; an animal; including man, insects, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Any four footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beast — beast; beast·ie; beast·i·ly; beast·ings; beast·li·ly; beast·li·ness; beast·man; beast·ly; beast·lings; …   English syllables

  • Beast — ist der Name: einer Holzachterbahn, siehe The Beast (Kings Island). eines Gitarren Typs von B.C. Rich, siehe Beast (Gitarre). eines Computerspiels, siehe Shadow of the Beast. eines Buches von Ally Kennen, siehe Beast (Roman). zweier Fernsehserien …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • beast — [ bist ] noun count ** 1. ) MAINLY LITERARY an animal, especially a dangerous or strange one: a wild beast 2. ) a cruel or immoral person, especially one who behaves in a violent or sexual way a ) INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED used for speaking to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • beast — [bi:st] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: beste, from Latin bestia] 1.) written an animal, especially a large or dangerous one 2.) old fashioned someone who is cruel or unpleasant ▪ You beast! Let go! 3.) something of a particular type or …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • beast — (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. beste animal, wild beast, figuratively fool, idiot (11c., Mod.Fr. bête), from V.L. *besta, from L. bestia beast, wild animal, of unknown origin. Used to translate Latin animal. Replaced O.E. deor (see DEER (Cf. deer)) as… …   Etymology dictionary

  • beast|ly — «BEEST lee», adjective, li|er, li|est, adverb. –adj. 1. like a beast; coarse, dirty, or brutal; vile: »The beastly behavior of the savages frightened their prisoners. 2. Informal. very bad or irritating; unpleasant; …   Useful english dictionary

  • beast — [bēst] n. [ME & OFr beste < L bestia < ? IE base * dheus > DEER] 1. Archaic any animal as distinguished from a human being 2. any large, four footed animal; sometimes, specif., a domesticated animal 3. qualities or impulses like an… …   English World dictionary

  • beast — index animal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • beast — [n] large wild animal; brute barbarian, beastie*, creature, critter*, fiend, gargoyle, glutton, lower animal, monster, monstrosity, pig, quadruped, swine, varmint*; concept 394 …   New thesaurus

  • beast — ► NOUN 1) an animal, especially a large or dangerous mammal. 2) a very cruel or wicked person. ORIGIN Latin bestia …   English terms dictionary

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