Noun
I'm not eating as much beef as I used to.
My real beef is with the organization's president, not the group itself. Verb
She's always beefing about something.
he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined
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Noun
Owner Bruno Neves uses bison instead of beef fat and also offers deodorants and coffee exfoliants.—
Jenna Belhumeur,
Los Angeles Times,
27 July 2026 Once cooked, the same skillet is used to build a flavorful sauce with garlic, butter, and beef broth, and also to cook the pasta!—
Marianne Williams,
Southern Living,
26 July 2026
Verb
On the sixth day of France’s heat wave, when temperatures reached record highs, shoppers scrapped over box fans, and Americans and Europeans beefed on X, a neighbor in our apartment building near Paris finally broke down and texted me.—
Jessica Roy,
Curbed,
29 June 2026 The meat served is mostly beef, however, Brazilian steakhouses like Texas de Brazil also serve sausage, pork, chicken and sometimes lamb.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for beef
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French beof, bef ox, beef, from Latin bov-, bos head of cattle — more at cow
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