beefs 1 of 2

noun

plural of beef
as in complaints
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment had to deal with an angry customer with a beef about our service

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beefs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of beef
as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined

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Recent Examples of beefs
Noun
Certain rap battles and beefs turn deadly. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 26 June 2026 Lessons have been learned, boundaries are being drawn, and the beefs of yesterday are all water under the bridge. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026 Mabrey, at least as of the first week of training camp, still had several semi-serious telecommunications beefs. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 8 May 2026 The city says it doesn’t get involved in beefs between neighbors. — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 Cash’s twist in Lost Lambs makes conspiracy a practice honed by young girls, the kinds of people at the center of Pizzagate and rap beefs and the Epstein files. — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026 One of the president's biggest beefs with Greene was about her harping on Jeffrey Epstein. — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025 Yes, sports have divas, beefs, drama, extracurricular social-media warfare, and lore worthy of a Real Housewives reunion, but all that is additive to the foundational experience, the competition itself. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025 During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote the film, the star opens up about putting previous beefs behind him. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beefs
  1. complaints
  2. complains
  3. grievances
  4. screams
  5. gripes
  6. whines
  7. moans
  8. laments
Noun
  • The Citizens Review Board, which reviews complaints about CMPD, has not responded to requests for comment.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • The feud has gotten personal and heated recently, but the complaints date back years.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of complaints
Verb
  • Adrian complains that McElwee, instead of making documentaries, should have followed the lucrative path of a Hollywood director, and even reproaches him for having turned down an offer to make a TV commercial.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • If he had been forced to stick with readily available materials, Rashid complains, the deck behind the house would have been green or brown.
    — Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
Definition of complains
Noun
  • The pledge taps into longstanding grievances against a British government that remains strongly centered in London, leaving some voters feeling overlooked and left behind.
    — Katie Marie Davies, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026
  • In each case, a single incident acted not as the sole cause of the unrest, but as the spark that brought existing grievances into the open.
    — Šumit Ganguly, NPR, 27 July 2026
Definition of grievances
Verb
  • Contrary to his radio silence at today’s hearings, one thing that screams with clarity is Fauci’s diary.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • This halter-neck set just screams chic, and its flowy, breathable fabric is ideal for humid summer days.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Definition of screams
Noun
  • Intuiting another’s gripes works in your favor as the moon harmonizes with Mercury.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026
  • If the volume of social media gripes is anything to go by, the Gotham Sports app hasn’t always provided a glitch-free experience for its users.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of gripes
Verb
  • The snippet ends just as the cat whines and tucks its head beneath the barrier, not far from the officer filming the scene.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Definition of whines
Noun
  • In the decades after his death, Johnson’s loose playing and harrowing moans set American music on a path that would encompass Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, even Nas.
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
  • Sweet tweets, soft moans, the distant caw of a shore bird piloting toward the sea, spirited and hopeful, daylight already breaking through.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of moans
Noun
  • Chattel slavery, in all its brutality, Sojourner laments, could not just be forgotten; African Americans needed to be compensated for centuries of hardship.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
  • Fines aren’t the answer to the EU’s laments, but better third parties are.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of laments

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