Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Northern England, Scotland, informal)Beast, animal.

    зверушкаzveruška

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Shut the window, otherwise the wee beasties will get in!

    deMach das Fenster zu, sonst kommen die Viecher rein!

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  2. Calories are those wee beasties that are always in the wardrobe at night, sewing the clothes tighter.

    deKalorien sind die kleinen Tiere, die nachts im Schrank immer die Kleider enger nähen.

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  3. Make sure the insect mesh is covering the window so we won't get any wee beasties coming in.

    deSieh zu, dass das Mückengitter vor dem Fenster ist, damit keine Viecher hereinkommen!

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  4. The hedge, in point of fact, is the main shelter and asylum for beasties great and small in our workaday England.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
beast, animal:

Origin

From beast + -ie.

From beast + -ie.

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Forms

plural: beasties

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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