beatest
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]beatest
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of beat
- (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of beat
Adjective
[edit]beatest
- (nonstandard) superlative form of beat: most beat
- 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
- The beatest characters in the country swarmed on the sidewalks—all of it under those soft Southern California stars that are lost in the brown halo of the huge desert encampment LA really is.