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beef·y

   [bee-fee]
adjective, beef·i·er, beef·i·est.
1.
of or like beef.
2.
brawny; thickset; heavy.
3.
obese.
Origin:
1735–45; beef + -y1

Related forms
beef·i·ly, adverb
beef·i·ness, noun
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beefy (ˈbiːfɪ)
 
—adj , beefier, beefiest
1.  like beef
2.  informal muscular; brawny
3.  informal fleshy; obese
 
'beefily
 
—adv
 
'beefiness
 
—n

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beefy
"brawny," 1743, from beef in colloquial extended sense "human muscle."
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