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beefy

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beef⋅y

  [bee-fee]
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–adjective, beef⋅i⋅er, beef⋅i⋅est.
1. of or like beef.
2. brawny; thickset; heavy.
3. obese.
Origin:
1735–45; beef + -y 1

Related forms:
beef⋅i⋅ly, adverb
beef⋅i⋅ness, noun
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beef·y   (bē'fē)   
adj.   beef·i·er, beef·i·est

    1. Muscular in build; brawny: a beefy wrestler.

    2. Substantial; filling: "a rather . . . beefy, densely colored wine" (Robert M. Parker, Jr.)

  2. Filled with beef.

beef'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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