Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Muscular in build; brawny: a beefy wrestler.
- adj. Substantial; filling: "a rather . . . beefy, densely colored wine” ( Robert M. Parker, Jr.)
- adj. Filled with beef.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- adj. Similar to, or tasting like beef.
- adj. Containing beef.
- adj. informal Strong or muscular.
- adj. informal Sturdy; robust.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. muscular and heavily built
Examples
“Dr Cheryl Bongiovanni, who has used the product on more than 1,000 patients in Oregon, said: "When you spray it on, you see the treated tissue ‘pink up’ and go beefy, which is good because it means the oxygen supply has resumed.”
Scientists Create ‘Miracle Water’ that Kills Infections | Impact Lab
“Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 beef and bacon aka beefy yes! that's the name of my new dog! it's a boxer with an "excellent" on her cert.! she's a pretty old dog though ... bout 5+yrs. i'll upload some pictures somewhere ...”
“She was tall and of fine proportion, though by no means verging to that state of body which our excellent American friend and critic Mr Hawthorne has described as beefy and has declared to be the general condition of English ladies of Lady Monk's age.”
“American friend and critic Mr Hawthorne has described as beefy and has declared to be the general condition of English ladies of Lady”
“During the segment, Colbert took a few bites of the Bell's Beefy Crunch Burrito, all the while describing the meat inside using words like "beefy,""beefish," and even "beef-esque.”
The Huffington Post: WATCH: Colbert Defends Taco Bell's 'Beefy' Honor
“To them, grass-fed meat just has a "beefy,""distinctive" and "pleasant" taste to it -- a taste you can't get from factory-farmed meat you buy in the supermarket -- a taste they are sure New York diners and chefs will want to seek out.”
The Huffington Post: Liza de Guia: Making a Case for Why Grass-Fed Meat Is Better (VIDEO)
“So "beefy" is the mighty BB65 that it will only accept the "Zed2" crankset, which means that no matter what you're riding right now your crank is too small for this bicycle.”
“And yes, chain dropped 3 times yesterday, but I don't ride a carbon bike with a 'beefy' bottom bracket for the chain to get stuck in, so I just get rolling and shifting until the chain landed where I wanted it.”
“Firstly, everybody knows the adjective "beefy" should be reserved exclusively for the bottom bracket area.”
“While not "beefy" by James Huangian standards, you may note that the bike uses a single chainring sandwiched by a couple of chainring guards, and that it also includes vibration dampeners on the fenders.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘beefy’.
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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Y
What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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Adjectives for XKCD936-compliant pass...
A list of 2048 common English adjectives that could be used to create plausible, memorable random phrases.
I'm going to use this list in a password generator, inspired by big, small, happy, sad, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, near, far and 19 more... -
I am : physical
Describing appearance and physique. More quantitative than qualitative/comparative. Can be used to sum a person up one-wordedly. (Still working on the definition of what I want in this list.)
handsome, beautiful, pretty, comely, ugly, rugged, buxom, buff, chiseled, svelte, lithe, portly and 35 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
Just 'cause I like 'em, B
bloviate, bejesus, brouhaha, behoove, bodacious, bamboozle, banshee, bub, bolus, blob, bubbly, bleb and 414 more...
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Favorite Five-Letter Words
Just what it sounds like. My favorites. Five letters.
ennui, barfy, samba, schwa, beefy, chunk, queef, spasm, skulk, bowel, elbow, fruit and 235 more...
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Ugliest Words Ever
words that I refuse to say out loud.
tuna, uranus, bulbous, vaginal, rectum, cunnilingus, flatulance, pedagogy, blooper, booger, beefy, polyp and 116 more...
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drdonaldbrief's Words
panties, slacks, brief, conundrum, gaggle, quagmire, rubble, conflagration, etymology, ogre, discombobulate, blumpkin and 80 more...
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oenological
There are certainly some words missing but I am trying to avoid listing the obvious. If a simpler word is found here, then it is used in an atypical fashion.
This list was helpful in the...scuppernong, oenological, viticulture, oaky, legs, nose, bouquet, gewürztraminer, acetic, finish, appellation, angular and 54 more...
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words with letters in alphabetical order
abbey, abbot, abort, accent, accept, access, accost, adept, adopt, aegis, affix, afoot and 41 more...
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