beefy
Origin of beefy
1Other words from beefy
- beef·i·ly, adverb
- beef·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby beefy
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How to use beefy in a sentence
There is no sign of the beefy NHL players who usually inhabit the place.
The Most Depressing Show on Earth: Amongst the Clowns of Newark | Lizzie Crocker | March 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was twenty, blond, beefy, even younger than Sonny, and just starting with the Hernando, Mississippi, ambulance team.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis | Richard Ben Cramer | January 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe wears large turbans, sports a long and bushy gray beard, is some six-feet three inches tall and weighs a beefy 250 pounds.
Afghan Elections: The Warlords Are Back | Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai | October 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNever mind the fact that he was 45 pounds underweight when he auditioned to play the beefy lead.
Spartacus Hero Liam McIntyre’s Unlikely Rise into the Role | Adam Auriemma | January 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was a beefy figure who never quite lost his German accent despite living all his adult life in the United States.
There was short, beefy Sergeant McGinty, a representative from the police who was to serve as coordinator.
His red, beefy face was corded and knotted with tension, and his skin glistened with oily perspiration.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettHe who was always beefy became beefier; his eyes bulged out with fury.
The Secret Glory | Arthur MachenIt needed a beefy person with fat legs and a large amount of inexplicable dignity, a regular God-knows-why loftiness.
The O'Ruddy | Stephen CraneYet a careful observer might have noticed that the pulse of his beefy neck was beating faster than usual.
The Shadow | Arthur Stringer
British Dictionary definitions for beefy
/ (ˈbiːfɪ) /
like beef
informal muscular; brawny
informal fleshy; obese
Derived forms of beefy
- beefily, adverb
- beefiness, noun
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