Beast

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Beast is another name for animal, usually one that is particularly large and dangerous. In the UK and Australia, the word "beast" may be used as the singular form of the animal collectively referred to as cattle. Also beast can be slang for meaning someone is really good at something: "Gerald is a beast at drawing" or "Ross is a beast with the ladies" It could mean that someone is a person to look up to or that someone is very popular or cool: "Kokovic is a beast". It could mean something is exxagerated or filled with elements that push it beyond a level of reality: "That movie was beast (or beastly)" or "Mark is a beastly eater". It could, although less commonly be used to describe something or someone particularly unattractive: "Star Jones is a beast." However it can be used as a verb as well, and usually describes when someone goes over the top with something or does something particulary good or bad: "John beasted at guitar."

Contents

0.1 Popular entertainment
0.2 Religion
0.3 Books
0.4 Other
0.5 See also

Popular entertainment

Noxious Saucy Beast, debut album by American indie rock band The Press
Beast (comics), a superhero in the Marvel X-Men and Avengers comics
The Beast, a character from the French folktale Beauty and the Beast and the films inspired by it
The Beast, a semi-sentient supercomputer used by Yatouji Satsuki in the manga X
A nickname for Evangelion Unit 01 from Neon Genesis Evangelion, referring to the Unit's berserk personality.
The Beast of War, a 1989 film
The Beast (2006), a 2006 film
Beast (Buffyverse), a demon from the TV series Angel
The Beast (game), an alternate reality game
Beast ASCII Game, a 1984 ASCII game,
The Beast (Homeworld), the antagonist in the computer game Homeworld: Cataclysm
"The Beast", a song by Twisted Sister from their album Stay Hungry (1984)
"The Beast", a song by the Fugees from their album The Score (1996)
Beast (Sitcom), a UK sitcom, based in a Veterinary Surgery (2000-01)
The Beast, the American title of La Bête, a 1975 movie by Walerian Borowczyk
The Beast (1996), a 1996 film by Peter Benchley
The Beast (2001), a 2001 television drama featuring Frank Langella, Jason Gedrick, Elizabeth Mitchell, Peter Riegert, and Naveen Andrews (now of "Lost" fame). Based in a global news network's newsroom, this series never found an audience and was cancelled by its parent network, ABC, after just six episodes were created
Beast is also a nickname for Milwaukee's Best a low cost beer made by Miller Brewing. This economy brand is particularly popular among American College Students
The Beast is a nickname for the Battlestar Pegasus from the popular science fiction tv series, Battlestar Galactica. It is said to be used by crewmembers of both the Pegasus and Battlestar Galactica and refers to the former's resiliance in combat
"The Beast", the unexplained Satanic creature in the planet featured in the Doctor Who (Tenth Doctor) episodes The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit (2006. However It is unknown whether this creature is actually Satan, as it was sucked into a Black Hole during the conclusion of The Satan Pit.

Religion

The Antichrist, from the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible
The Number of the Beast, from the Book of Revelation

Books

Beast (novel), a 1991 novel by Peter Benchley
The Beast, an autobiography of Paul Di'Anno, former vocalist of Iron Maiden
Beast, 2002 novel by Donna Jo Napoli
The Beast is the name given to an instinctual, vicious and animalistic controlling force within vampires in White Wolf's ' and ' roleplaying games.

Other

The Beast (Newspaper), a biweekly serving Buffalo, New York
Beasts (plays), a series of plays on the UK's independent TV channel in 1976
Beast (Paramount's Kings Island), a roller coaster at Paramount's Kings Island amusement park
The Great Beast, a nickname for magician Aleister Crowley
The Beast, a nickname for footballer, Jon Parkin
The Beast, a nickname for Salvatore Riina, member of the sicilian mafia
The Beast, a nickname given to the President by Spider Jerusalem in the graphic novel Transmetropolitan