beefy

[ bee-fee ]
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adjective,beef·i·er, beef·i·est.
  1. of or like beef.

  2. brawny; thickset; heavy.

Origin of beefy

1
First recorded in 1735–45; beef + -y1

Other 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 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 Garrett
  • He who was always beefy became beefier; his eyes bulged out with fury.

    The Secret Glory | Arthur Machen
  • It needed a beefy person with fat legs and a large amount of inexplicable dignity, a regular God-knows-why loftiness.

    The O'Ruddy | Stephen Crane
  • Yet 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

beefy

/ (ˈbiːfɪ) /


adjectivebeefier or beefiest
  1. like beef

  2. informal muscular; brawny

  1. informal fleshy; obese

Derived forms of beefy

  • beefily, adverb
  • beefiness, noun

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