Beefy

//ˈbiːfi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Similar to, or tasting like beef.
  2. 2
    Containing beef.

    "The Chicken Big Mac is similar to its beefy sibling; however, it replaces the two burgers with two tempura chicken patties."

  3. 3
    Strong or muscular. informal

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

  4. 4
    Large; overweight; fat.

    "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. 5
    Sturdy; robust. informal

    "The software slows down even a beefy computer."

Adjective
  1. 1
    muscular and heavily built wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
strappingmuscularmuscularadiposebeefedbeefish

Antonyms

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weak

Example

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"The influencer was offered a beefy sum to defend Elon Musk on Twitter."

Etymology

From beef + -y.

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