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
Ingredients: The meatballs are made with ground 100% Angus beef, prized for its marbling, plus Parmesan and Romano cheeses, panko, garlic, onion, and a few spices.—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 16 May 2025 Multiple foods and ingredients were uncovered under the shelf close to the stand-up coolers, including raw chicken that was stored with beef and over raw pork.—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
Musk recently beefed with Hasan Piker, the popular leftist Twitch streamer who has been enlisted by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to help rally opposition to Trump.—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025 The casts of Summer House, Winter House, and Southern Charm are beefing over booze brands across the Bravo-verse, on podcasts, and in the tabloids.—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Mar. 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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