beefy

English

Etymology

From beef +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːfi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːfi

Adjective

beefy (comparative beefier, superlative beefiest)

1. Similar to, or tasting like beef.
2. Containing beef.
3. (informal) Strong or muscular.

   The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms.

4. Large; overweight; fat.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82:

     Grumping indignantly, he said, "By ginger, a nice blanky thing to lose a good job and risk being dam' near killed by Peabody for a beefy married woman. I tell you she weighs over fifteen stone, absolutely."

5. (informal) Sturdy; robust.

   The software slows down even a beefy computer.

Derived terms

• beefily
• beefiness
• unbeefy

 

Translations

similar to beef

• Finnish: lihaisa (fi)
• German: fleischig (de)
• Italian: carnoso (it)
• Romanian: cărnos (ro) m
• Spanish: carnoso (es), carnudo

containing beef

• Finnish: naudanlihapitoinen
• German: fleischig (de)
• Spanish: cárnico (es)

muscular — see muscular

robust — see robust

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