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
The menu also offers two beef dishes: A Colombian picanha like steak frites, and a bone-in ribeye with potatoes and cilantro-scented aïoli.—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 Down among the Cadbury Fruit & Nut, the Vesta beef curry, and the Huntley & Palmers Breakfast Biscuits is a reality rarely touched by theorists, who are too busy theorizing.—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Verb
He’s been beefing with Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy, in a high-profile dispute over the value of the company.—Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025 Yes, Adriana is beefing with appropriateness and can’t keep her hands off her new beau.—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 June 2025 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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