beef

noun
UK: /biːf/
US: /biːf/

  1. Meat from a cow.

    1. I want beef for dinner tonight. [ ] [ ]
    2. The butcher shop sells a variety of beef cuts at affordable prices. [ ] [ ]

  2. A complaint or disagreement.

    1. I have no beef with him. [ ] [ ]
    2. Her only beef about the job was the long commute to work every day. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

quarrel gripe meat
beef verb

  1. To complain.

    1. Don't beef about the rain. [ ] [ ]
    2. He likes to beef about everything, no matter how small it is. [ ] [ ]

  2. To strengthen or add substance to something.

    1. We should beef up security. [ ] [ ]
    2. The company decided to beef up its marketing efforts to increase sales. [ ] [ ]
beef intransitive-verb

  1. To complain.

    1. Stop beefing! [ ] [ ]
    2. He's always beefing about something that is just not worth complaining about. [ ] [ ]
beef transitive-verb

  1. To strengthen or add weight to something.

    1. Beef up the report. [ ] [ ]
    2. They need to beef up their defense if they want to win the championship. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "beef" in English means: Meat from a cow., A complaint or disagreement..

The phonetic transcription of "beef" is /biːf/ in British English and /biːf/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "beef": quarrel, gripe, meat.

Example usage of "beef": "I want beef for dinner tonight.". More examples on the page.