beefy
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈbiːfi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːfi
Adjective
editbeefy (comparative beefier, superlative beefiest)
- Similar to, or tasting like beef.
- Containing beef.
- (informal) Strong or muscular.
- The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms.
- Large; overweight; fat.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82:
- Grumping indignantly, he said, "By ginger, a nice blanky thing to lose a good job and risk being dam' near killed by Peabody for a beefy married woman. I tell you she weighs over fifteen stone, absolutely."
- (informal) Sturdy; robust.
- The software slows down even a beefy computer.
Derived terms
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editsimilar to beef
containing beef
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muscular — see muscular
robust — see robust