Beast vs Nonsense - What's the difference?
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Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
(more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
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, chapter=7 A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
(slang) A large and impressive automobile.
(slang, prisons) A sex offender.
* 1994 , Elaine Player, Michael Jenkins, Prisons After Woolf: Reform Through Riot (page 190)
* 1994 , Adam Sampson, Acts of Abuse: Sex Offenders And the Criminal Justice System (page 83)
(figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
* 2000 , Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon , Berkley (2001), ISBN 9780425180969,
* 2006 , Heather Burt, Adam's Peak , Dundurn Press (2006), ISBN 9781550026467,
* 2011 , :
(British, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
(slang) great; excellent; powerful
* 1999 , "Jason Chue", AMD K6-2 350mhz, FIC VA503+, LGS 64mb PC100 sdram'' (on newsgroup ''jaring.pcbase )
* 2012 , Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits (page 37)
Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.
An untrue statement.
Something foolish.
* 2008 , "Nick Leeson has some lessons for this collapse", Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 9, 2008
(literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by .
(biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
To make nonsense of
* Bernard Shaw, "The Red Robe", in James Huneker ed., Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw , volume II, page 73:
To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.
* 1997 , "Rockies respond to whip", Denver Post , Jun 3, 1997:
* 2000 , Leon Garfield, Jason Cockcroft, Jack Holborn , page 131:
* 2006 , Sierra Leone: Petroleum Unit Calls for Auditing , AllAfrica.com, Mar 17, 2006:
To joke around, to waste time
* 1963 , C. F. Griffin, The Impermanence of Heroes , page 170:
Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).
As a proper noun beast
is (biblical) a figure in the book of revelation (apocalypse), often identified with satan or the antichrist.As a noun nonsense is
letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.As a verb nonsense is
to make nonsense of.As an adjective nonsense is
resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).beast
English
(wikipedia beast)Noun
(en noun)- Boxer was an enormous beast , nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.
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- Shouts had been heard: 'We're coming to kill you, beasts .' In desperation, Rule 43s had tried to barricade their doors
- For many prisoners and in many prisons, antipathy towards 'nonces' or 'beasts' is little more than an idea
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- Even unopposed, the natural obstacles are formidable, and defending his line of advance will be a beast of a problem."
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- He'd be in the hospital a few days — broken collarbone, a cast on his arm, a beast of a headache — but fine.
- And, oh, poor Atlas / The world's a beast of a burden / You've been holding up a long time
Derived terms
* beastly * saddle beastSee also
* belluine (suppletive adjective)Derived terms
* beast fable * beast of burden * beast of draft * beast of prey * beastie * beastly * beastmaster * beauty and the beast * king of beasts * lobola-beast * belly of the beastVerb
(en verb)Adjective
(en adjective)- There is another type from Siemens which is the HYB 39S64XXX(AT/ATL) -8B version (notice the "B" and the end) which is totally beast altogether.
- Translation: a piece of crap, but the rest of the car was totally beast .
Anagrams
*nonsense
English
Alternative forms
* nonsence (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia nonsense) (en-noun)- After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense .
- He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense .
- and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.
Synonyms
: See * (something that lacks meaning or absurd statement) ** (mostly colloquialisms or slang) balderdash, baloney, bull, bulldust, bunk, codswallop, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, hooey (US), horse hockey, malarkey, manure, poppycock, prattle, rhubarb (chiefly British), rubbish, twaddle ** (vulgar slang) bollocks (British), bullshit, crap, horseshit (US)Derived terms
* nonsensical * nonsensification * nonsensifySee also
* (biology) missenseVerb
(nonsens)- At the Haymarket all this is nonsensed by an endeavor to steer between Mr. Stanley Weyman's rights as author of the story and the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.
- "They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded."
- Very commanding: very much 'end of this nonsensing' . Mister Fared spread his hands and shook his thin head imperceptibly, as if to say he understood
- He further nonsensed press suggestions that the Petroleum Unit was set up to assist in the administration of sporting activities.
- When he meant "go and get one" he said to go and get one, with no nonsensing around about "liking" to get one.
