单词 | beef |
释义 | beefn. 1. The flesh of an ox, bull, or cow, used as food. Often preceded by words indicating the exact part of the animal, e.g. sirloin, ribs of beef, etc. sea-beef n. beef pickled for use at sea. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] beefa1300 ox beef1584 a1300 K. Alis. 5248 To mete was greithed beef and motoun. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1849 Fair bouf wel sode. c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 176 Bet than olde boef is tendre vel. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 28 Byffe, flesche [v.r. beff]. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 27 Fresshe brothe of þe befe. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. i. 16 b Biefe is better digested than a chykens legge. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Beafe, bubula. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. D2v More stale then Sea-beefe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 23 What say you to a peece of Beefe and Mustard? View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 191 Powdered Bief is a most excellent bait to catch an Eele. View more context for this quotation 1662 S. Pepys Diary 29 May (1970) III. 95 We have cakes and powdered beef and ale. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 269. ¶8 I have always a Piece of cold Beef and a Mince-Pye upon the Table. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. V. 302 They dine..upon good roast-beef and port. 1876 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xx. 228 ‘What can we have for supper?’ ‘Aitch-bone of beef, my lord.’ 2. transferred. a. Applied to other kinds of flesh or food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] meateOE eatOE foodOE fodderOE dietc1230 gista1290 victual1303 victualsa1375 preya1382 feedinga1398 pasturea1398 viancea1400 viandsc1400 livingc1405 meatingc1425 vitalyc1440 vianda1450 cates1461 vivers1536 viandry1542 viander1543 gut-matter1549 peck1567 belly-cheer1579 appast1580 manchet1583 chat1584 belly-metal1590 repasture1598 cibaries1599 belly-timber1607 belly-cheat1608 peckage1610 victuallage1622 keeping1644 vivresa1650 crib1652 prog1655 grub1659 beef1661 fooding1663 teething1673 eatablea1687 sunket1686 yam1788 chow-chow1795 keep1801 feed1818 grubbing1819 patter1824 ninyam1826 nyam1828 grubbery1831 tack1834 kai1845 mungaree1846 scoff1846 foodstuff1847 chuck1850 muckamuck1852 tuck1857 tucker1858 hash1865 nosh1873 jock1879 cake flour1881 chow1886 nosebag1888 stodge1890 food aid1900 tackle1900 munga1907 scarf1932 grubber1959 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια 233 Ling..is counted the beefe of the Sea. 1868 B. J. Lossing Hudson (new ed.) 145 The Sturgeon..are sold in such quantities in Albany, that they have been called, in derision, ‘Albany beef.’ b. colloquial. = ‘Flesh’ (of men). Also, strength, muscular power; effort. Cf. beef v. 2, beefy adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] hightOE workOE business1340 afforcinga1398 enforce1487 effort1490 contention1583 heave and shove1600 luctation1651 struggle1706 pingle1728 exertion1777 bother1823 brainstorming1839 beef1851 go-go-go1934 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] mighteOE avelOE mainOE strengthOE strengthOE virtuec1330 forcea1375 birr1382 valure1440 firmitude?1541 thews1566 iron1695 invalescence1755 physicals1824 beef1851 the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [noun] fleshc1000 lirec1000 quick flesha1382 pulp?a1425 substance?a1425 meat1829 beef1851 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxi. 393 Oh, do pile on the beef... Oh! my lads, do spring. 1862 Cork Examiner 28 Mar. Chelmsford stood higher in the leg, and showed less beef about him. 1863 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 177 Useful at the heavy hauling of braces, &c.—where plenty of ‘beef’ is required. 1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 25 We on the other hand, were paddling our canoe and putting all the beef we could behind it. c. Slang phr. beef to the heel(s): of a person: massive, bulky, brawny. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and broad massya1382 stout1390 burlyc1400 corporalc1475 massive1485 poisy1538 big-made1566 chopping1566 grossa1578 large-bodied1577 weighty1581 burly-boned1590 mastya1593 lumbering1593 giantisha1635 gigantic1651 mastiff1668 large-made1725 lusty1777 bowerly1794 squelching1854 beef to the heel(s)1867 hefty1867 1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower I. xviii. 294 Dolly was not a fine person, as they say, at all; not beef to the heels, by any means. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 63 We did great biz yesterday. Fair day and all the beef to the heels were in. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 355 Transparent stockings, stretched to breaking point. Not like..the one in Grafton street. White. Wow! Beef to the heel. 1958 A. Wall Queen's English xxxi. 110 ‘Beef’ and ‘beefy’ are not complimentary terms, and ‘beef to the heels’ is even less so. 3. An ox; any animal of the ox kind; esp. a fattened beast, or its carcase. a. Usually in plural. archaic or technical. ΚΠ c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1095 Hit mote bothe drink and ete..Beues flesch, and drink the brotht. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 68 Grete providence of vitaille of cornys, of larde, and beoffes. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. fjv/2 Grete oxen and buefs slayn. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxciii. 675 Mo than xx. thousande beastes, swyne, beufes, kene, and moutons. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 166 As flesh of Muttons, Beefes, or Goates. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxii. 21 A free will offring in beeues or sheepe. View more context for this quotation 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 170 Our Beves yield much Butter, Cheese..and Meat. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 323 One half in Money, and the other half in good Beefs. 1780 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 252 To collect beeves in our southern counties. 1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. iv. 192 The supply of beeves and grain for his household. 1884 in Glasgow Her. 5 Jan. 5/2 All the beefs that are ready for shipping. b. Also in singular. (Now chiefly U.S.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] oxeOE bullock1535 beef1583 bovine1845 Murray grey1963 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] neateOE oxeOE rother beast1375 nolt1437 beef1583 beeve1847 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > fattened beef1583 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > fattened or bred for slaughter martc1330 beefing1466 beef1583 beefer1660 beef animal1838 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E1 Whereas they pay a certeine price for a fat beefe. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 420 If either a bœufe or mutton be rubbed with salt. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xiv. 5 The pygargue, the wilde beefe, the cameloparde. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §5. 164 Either to a Beef, or a Sheep, or a Wolf. 1758 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1881) XVIII. 93 Six men..put under Guard on suspicion of killing a young Beef and 2 Calves. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 262 When a beef was killed for the house. 1828 Richmond Inquirer 29 Aug. 4/2 So little was the faith of those who knew him, he could not be trusted for a beef. 1844 Mrs. Houstoun Texas & Gulf of Mexico II. 180 The cook went on shore and ‘shot a beef.’ 1878 Southern Hist. Soc. Papers VI. 212 Behind these came a beef, driven by soldiers... The beef was immediately shot at and butchered. 1904 J. H. Claiborne Seventy-five Years Old Virginia 289 A beef..was driven up and shot. c. collective. Cattle. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > oxen or cattle rothereOE neateOE orfOE erf1154 nowtsc1175 field beasta1382 nolt1437 cattle1555 neat cattle1619 chattel1627 beefc1706 horned cattle1781 cows1869 bullamacow1887 beeves- c1706 Voy. Maryland in Amer. Hist. Rev. (1907) 12 329 They have fatt Beefe and fatt Porke Comes home to their Doores without giving 'em any Corne. a1839 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. (1840) 318/2 The fattening of beef. 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) ii. 30 We was just gettin' back from drivin' some beef up to the troops. 4. A protest, (ground for) complaint, grievance. slang (originally U.S.). Cf. beef v. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint plainta1275 groinc1374 complaintc1385 murmura1393 grutchc1460 plainc1475 yammer?a1513 puling?1529 objecting1552 obmurmuration1571 regratea1586 repine1593 grumblinga1616 grumble1623 dissatisfactionc1640 obmurmuring1642 rumbling1842 natter1866 grouch1895 beef1900 holler1901 squawk1909 moan1911 yip1911 grouse1918 gripe1934 crib1943 bitch1945 drip1945 kvetch1957 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > cause or ground of complaint gravament1537 complaint1732 beef1900 pet peeve1909 grouse1918 1900 G. Ade Fables in Slang 80 He made a Horrible Beef because he couldn't get Loaf Sugar for his Coffee. 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) iv. 79 To round himself up with his ever-loving wife in case of a beef from her over keeping the baby out in the night air. 1942 P. G. Wodehouse Money in Bank xii. 112 'What's your beef about taking thirty per?'... 'Not so nice as ninety per.' 1945 Daily Express 22 May 2/6 The beef is, Why should every battle we fight have to be a ‘Battle of Britain’? 1949 [see beefcake n. at Compounds 2]. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. beef animal n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > fattened or bred for slaughter martc1330 beefing1466 beef1583 beefer1660 beef animal1838 1838 H. Colman 1st Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 73 They agree to pay 32 cents. for the offal of every beef animal there slaughtered. beef-boat n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying food or water water ship1653 paddy boat1698 pippiner1725 ark1809 beef-boat1836 forage-boat1848 fruiter1860 fruit-clipper1864 oranger1880 1836 F. Marryat Snarleyyow xii, in Metropolitan May 10 He jumped into the beef boat to go on board of the cutter. beef-bone n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > bone beef-bone1739 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxxxvi. 292 It seemed..to be the Scale of a Beef-bone. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 106 Such bare beef-bones, such a shouldering at the buttery-hatch. beef-cattle n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > fattened or bred for slaughter > collectively flesh16.. fat-ware1601 beef-cattle1758 feeders1790 Angus1810 beeves- 1758 T. Walker Let. 14 Aug. in Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1932) XLI. 130 Five Hundred Beef Cattle are to set off tomorrow. 1789 G. Washington Diaries IV. 21 Four droves of Beef Cattle for the new York Market. 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants 169 The amount of beef cattle that Illinois is capable of producing. 1899 Scribner's Mag. 25 116/2 We passed a herd of fine beef cattle on their way to Santiago. beef-collops n. ΚΠ 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. v. 93 A plate of beef collops. beef-fat n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > dripping or skimming flotc1400 flotessec1440 dripping1463 range1469 kitchen-feec1485 kitchen stuff1565 kitchen-gain1589 gag1820 beef-fat1836 fond1965 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 233/1 The elain of beef fat is colourless. beef-flick n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts tild1342 ox foota1398 oxtaila1425 neat's foot?c1450 beef-flick1462 sticking piece1469 ox-tonguea1475 aitch-bone1486 fore-crop?1523 sirloin1525 mouse-piece1530 ox-cheek1592 neat's tongue1600 clod1601 sticking place1601 skink1631 neck beef1640 round1660 ox-heart1677 runner1688 sticking draught1688 brisket-beef1697 griskin1699 sey1719 chuck1723 shin1736 gravy beef1747 baron of beef1755 prime rib1759 rump and dozen1778 mouse buttock1818 slifta1825 nine holes1825 spauld-piece1828 trembling-piece1833 shoulder-lyar1844 butt1845 plate1854 plate-rand1854 undercut1859 silver-side1861 bed1864 wing rib1883 roll1884 strip-loin1884 hind1892 topside1896 rib-eye1926 buttock meat1966 onglet1982 1462 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 261 Iiij. bakon-fliks, ij. beffe-fliks. beef-house n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses ordinary1590 chop-house1699 porterhouse?1730 steak house1762 beef-house1807 rotisserie1825 fish-shop1826 supper tavern1841 supper house1855 supper room1858 grill-room1883 teetotum1891 grill1896 bar and grill1903 corner-house1912 bistro1922 roadhouse1922 hot doggery1923 rosticceria1930 dinette1940 British Restaurant1941 drive-through1949 drive-up1956 sobaya1958 carvery1962 ouzeri1964 crêperie1967 steak restaurant1970 sushiya1970 steak bar1971 buka1972 kopitiam1979 bukateria1980 churrascaria1981 parrilla1981 Indian1982 theme pub1983 parrillada1984 restobar1992 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xix. 211 Taking your dinner from an a-la-mode beef-house. beef-market n. beef-merchant n. beef-net n. beef-pot n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > pot for specific food beef-potc1500 porridge pot1578 loblolly-pot1637 stock-pot1845 tatie pot1871 couscoussier1953 c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 880 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 253 Robert toke a quycke Catte..And threwe her quycke into the beefe potte. 1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy i. 14 As big as an ordinary Beef-Pot. beef-shop n. beef-steer n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock > raised or not fit for beef pigmeater1879 beef-steer1880 1880 Victorian Rev. 2 Feb. 665 The production of cheap beef steers. beef-suet n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > suet sueta1325 rough suet1653 beef-suet1853 1853 Q. Rev. Mar. 397 An equal quantity of melted beef-suet. b. beef-boiler n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > pan > saucepan or stewpan goose-pan1420 saucepot1516 stupnet1560 beef-boiler1611 chafern1613 stupan1617 stewpot1629 saucepan1639 stewpan1653 casserole1725 goblet1739 double boiler1879 double saucepan1880 cassolette1898 cassoulet1940 saucier1978 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Archimarmitonerastique..or Arch-frequenter of the Cloyster beefe-pot, or beefe-boyler. beef-eating n. beef-grower n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > keeper of cattle beastman1311 breeder1531 cowman1593 rearer1611 bull-ward1614 cowgirl1753 ranchero1825 cattle-breeder1827 rancher1836 estanciero1845 ranchman1854 cattle king1874 beef-grower1880 cow-man1924 1880 Victorian Rev. 2 Feb. 670 For the American beef-grower to fatten their beef cattle. beef-making n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > fattened > beef-production beef-making1881 1881 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 67 They [wild cattle] are..illbred, and averse to beef-making. beef-roaster n. c. beef-faced adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xiv. 227 I know a friend who's got a beef-faced boy. C2. Special combinations: See also beefeater n., beef-steak n., beef-wood n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. x. sig. L5v A Beefe-brain'd-fellow (that had onely impudence enough to shew himselfe a foole). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > beef soup browet1399 skink1541 beef-broth1702 cooley1767 beef-brewis1820 rubaboo1821 oxtail soup1834 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xiv. 292 The monks..are merriest..when they sup beef-brewis for lenten-kail. beef-broth n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > beef soup browet1399 skink1541 beef-broth1702 cooley1767 beef-brewis1820 rubaboo1821 oxtail soup1834 1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy i. 26 Supply it with the Fat of Powder'd Beef-broth. beefburger n. /ˈbiːfbɜːɡə(r)/ [burger n.] a hamburger, (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > hamburger quarter-pounder1847 Hamburg steak1884 Hamburger1889 Salisbury steak1897 cheeseburgerc1930 nutburger1934 Wimpy1935 burger1939 lamburger1939 beefburger1940 sausage-burger1942 Sloppy Joe1942 turtleburger1946 mooseburger1948 jumboburger1959 Big Mac1969 soy burger1973 slider1974 soya burger1974 1940 in Amer. Speech 15 452/1 Hamburgers are out, beefburgers are in! 1959 Observer 8 Nov. 3/5 We can expect the kind of hamburger proliferation that exists in America, with beefburgers, eggburgers, [etc.]. beefcake n. /ˈbiːfkeɪk/ [humorous, after cheesecake n.] slang (originally U.S.) (a display of) sturdy masculine physique. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful man or boy Cupidc1381 narcissusc1385 Ganymede?1566 Adonis?1571 Greek goda1910 beefcake1949 1949 in Amer. Speech (1954) 29 282 Alan Ladd has a beef—about ‘beefcake’, the new Hollywood trend toward exposing the male chest. 1954 Sunday Pictorial 18 Apr. 15/1 I learned that beefcake was bunk because one of my jobs in the circus was lacing the strongman's shoes. 1963 Guardian 29 June 5/4 The other poster..shows Albert Finney in a beefcake pose with his shirt slit to the navel. beef chit n. Nautical slang a menu. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > menu > [noun] billet1577 fillet1587 bill of farea1640 carte1818 menu1830 beef chit1911 me-and-you1932 1911 ‘Guns’ et al. Middle Watch Musings 54 The Commander (having failed to arouse the Wardroom Waiters from their lethargy; sitting for five minutes without being offered the beef chit). 1962 John o' London's 14 June 571/1 The beef chit, or [wardroom] menu. beef-dairy adj. applied to a cross between beef and dairy cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [adjective] > of miscellaneous breeds of ox belted1582 West Highland1761 Dunlop1793 middle-horned1796 East Friesian1856 Podolian1879 criollo1893 Simmental1906 beef-dairy1960 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 15/1 Beef-dairy crosses include crosses between beef breeds and Friesians or Dairy Shorthorns. beef essence n. (see quot. 1890). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > beef extract beef essence1853 Liebig1869 Bovril1886 beef-extract1890 meat cube1951 1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) Beef essence. 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. I Beef essence, cooked juice of beef, prepared by introducing lean beef in small pieces into a bottle, and subjecting it to heat of a boiling water-bath for an hour. beef-extract n. an extract of the soluble fibrin of beef. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > beef extract beef essence1853 Liebig1869 Bovril1886 beef-extract1890 meat cube1951 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxiii. 380 The stimulating effects of tobacco, smoke, alcohol, beef-extract (which is innutritious), etc. etc., may be partly due to a dynamogenic action of this sort. 1894 G. M. Gould Dict. Med. Beef-extract, the soluble fibrin of lean meat partly desiccated. beef-fed adj. fed on beef; esp. as an epithet for a typical Englishman. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed on specific food brawn-fed1567 haggis-fed1786 blubber-fed1835 pap-fed1873 beefish1887 beef-fed1903 1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 78 And beef-fed zealots threaten in To Buddha and Kamakura. 1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) viii. 79 A beef-fed army and a beef-fed navy are what Englishmen believe they get for their money. 1934 E. H. W. Meyerstein Let. 3 Apr. (1959) 159 Of course you (i.e. beef-fed materialistic Englishman (woman)) can argue. beef-ham n. beef cured in the same fashion as a ham, by salting, smoking, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > cured beef jerkin beef1612 beef-ham1815 mess1855 pastrami1899 jerkin1954 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 45 A huge piece of cold beef-ham. beef-head n. a thick-head, a block-head. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] asseOE sotc1000 beastc1225 long-ear?a1300 stock1303 buzzard1377 mis-feelinga1382 dasarta1400 stonea1400 dasiberd14.. dottlec1400 doddypoll1401 dastardc1440 dotterel1440 dullardc1440 wantwit1449 jobardc1475 nollc1475 assheada1500 mulea1500 dull-pate15.. peak1509 dulbert?a1513 doddy-patec1525 noddypolla1529 hammer-head1532 dull-head?1534 capon1542 dolt1543 blockhead1549 cod's head1549 mome1550 grout-head1551 gander1553 skit-brains?1553 blocka1556 calfa1556 tomfool1565 dunce1567 druggard1569 cobble1570 dummel1570 Essex calf1573 jolthead1573 hardhead1576 beetle-head1577 dor-head1577 groutnoll1578 grosshead1580 thickskin1582 noddyship?1589 jobbernowl1592 beetle-brain1593 Dorbel1593 oatmeal-groat1594 loggerhead1595 block-pate1598 cittern-head1598 noddypoop1598 dorbellist1599 numps1599 dor1601 stump1602 ram-head1605 look-like-a-goose1606 ruff1606 clod1607 turf1607 asinego1609 clot-poll1609 doddiea1611 druggle1611 duncecomb1612 ox-head1613 clod-polla1616 dulman1615 jolterhead1620 bullhead1624 dunderwhelpa1625 dunderhead1630 macaroona1631 clod-patea1635 clota1637 dildo1638 clot-pate1640 stupid1640 clod-head1644 stub1644 simpletonian1652 bottle-head1654 Bœotiana1657 vappe1657 lackwit1668 cudden1673 plant-animal1673 dolt-head1679 cabbage head1682 put1688 a piece of wood1691 ouphe1694 dunderpate1697 numbskull1697 leather-head1699 nocky1699 Tom Cony1699 mopus1700 bluff-head1703 clod skull1707 dunny1709 dowf1722 stupe1722 gamphrel1729 gobbin?1746 duncehead1749 half-wit1755 thick-skull1755 jackass1756 woollen-head1756 numbhead1757 beef-head1775 granny1776 stupid-head1792 stunpolla1794 timber-head1794 wether heada1796 dummy1796 noghead1800 staumrel1802 muttonhead1803 num1807 dummkopf1809 tumphya1813 cod's head and shoulders1820 stoopid1823 thick-head1824 gype1825 stob1825 stookiea1828 woodenhead1831 ning-nong1832 log-head1834 fat-head1835 dunderheadism1836 turnip1837 mudhead1838 donkey1840 stupex1843 cabbage1844 morepork1845 lubber-head1847 slowpoke1847 stupiditarian1850 pudding-head1851 cod's head and shoulders1852 putty head1853 moke1855 mullet-head1855 pothead1855 mug1857 thick1857 boodle1862 meathead1863 missing link1863 half-baked1866 lunk1867 turnip-head1869 rummy1872 pumpkin-head1876 tattie1879 chump1883 dully1883 cretin1884 lunkhead1884 mopstick1886 dumbhead1887 peanut head1891 pie-face1891 doughbakea1895 butt-head1896 pinhead1896 cheesehead1900 nyamps1900 box head1902 bonehead1903 chickenhead1903 thickwit1904 cluck1906 boob1907 John1908 mooch1910 nitwit1910 dikkop1913 goop1914 goofus1916 rumdum1916 bone dome1917 moron1917 oik1917 jabroni1919 dumb-bell1920 knob1920 goon1921 dimwit1922 ivory dome1923 stone jug1923 dingleberry1924 gimp1924 bird brain1926 jughead1926 cloth-head1927 dumb1928 gazook1928 mouldwarp1928 ding-dong1929 stupido1929 mook1930 sparrow-brain1930 knobhead1931 dip1932 drip1932 epsilon1932 bohunkus1933 Nimrod1933 dumbass1934 zombie1936 pea-brain1938 knot-head1940 schlump1941 jarhead1942 Joe Soap1943 knuckle-head1944 nong1944 lame-brain1945 gobshite1946 rock-head1947 potato head1948 jerko1949 turkey1951 momo1953 poop-head1955 a right one1958 bam1959 nong-nong1959 dickhead1960 dumbo1960 Herbert1960 lamer1961 bampot1962 dipshit1963 bamstick1965 doofus1965 dick1966 pillock1967 zipperhead1967 dipstick1968 thickie1968 poephol1969 yo-yo1970 doof1971 cockhead1972 nully1973 thicko1976 wazzock1976 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 no-brainer1979 jerkwad1980 woodentop1981 dickwad1983 dough ball1983 dickweed1984 bawheid1985 numpty1985 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 knob-end1989 Muppet1989 dingus1997 dicksack1999 eight ball- 1775 Ld. Cavendish in Burke's Corr. (1844) II. 86 The petition..should be framed so as to..draw off some of the beef-heads who are disposed against it. beef-headed adj. = beef-brained adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 1828 A. Royall Black Bk. II. 114 Such a great beef-headed fellow as you editor of a paper. 1900 E. Terry Let. 28 Jan. (1931) 372 The war—and the disgrace of it (beef-headed Buller's doings). beef-measles n. a parasitic disease, which sometimes attacks cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > parasitic disorders beef-measles1884 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 20/1 Drawings of..Beef Measles and the Beef-tapeworm. Thesaurus » Categories » beef stroganof n. (also beef stroganoff) = stroganoff n. beef-tapeworm n. Tænia mediocancellata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Cestodes > genus Taenia > member of beef-tapeworm1884 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 20/1 Drawings of..Beef Measles and the Beef-tapeworm. beef-tea n. the juice of beef extracted by prolonged simmering in a very little water, used as a nutritious food for invalids. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun] gruel1362 water gruel?c1450 cullisc1460 chicken brothc1540 coulis1603 barley-milk1607 maize-cream1626 chicken water1684 barley-cream1694 thin gruel1699 viper-broth1702 wangracea1733 barley-gruel1769 beef-tea1783 conjee1789 Revalenta1848 skink1880 toast-water1905 1783 Med. Communications 1 140 She was ordered beef-tea. 1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 52 A small quantity of beef tea added to other articles of food makes them more nourishing. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 91 He gives us the very beef-tea of history, nourishing and even palatable enough. beef trip n. Naval slang (a) a routine trip in the ship's boat assigned to bring the meat ration from the shore; (b) an escort of food ships in convoy in the 1914–18 war. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > convoying or escorting waftage1558 wafting1559 convoy1600 beef trip1919 society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage > conveying food beef trip1919 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > squad or crew for special duty > escort of food ships in convoy beef trip1919 1919 ‘Taffrail’ H.M.S. Anonymous vii. §2. 139 We called it the ‘Beef trip’ because in some remote fashion it reminded us of our midshipman days, when, in charge of the ‘blood boat’ we left our ships..to bring off from the shore the fresh meat which would..be served out to the ship's company. 1919 ‘Taffrail’ H.M.S. Anonymous vii. §2. 142 In spite of all precautions on our part the German flotillas from Zeebrugge..might altogether have put a stop to the ‘beef trip’ carried on under their very noses. 1919 ‘Taffrail’ H.M.S. Anonymous vii. §3. 152 The ‘beef trip’ was over. Yet another consignment of margarine and Dutch cheeses had been brought into the United Kingdom. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 21 On the beef trip, a Navy term in the War, used of the vessels carrying meat to the Grand Fleet at Scapa. beef-witted adj. (= beef-brained adj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. i. 13 Thou mongrell beefe witted Lord. View more context for this quotation beef-wittedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] hardnessOE stuntnessc1000 sotshipc1050 witlessnessa1100 sotheada1200 dullness1398 bluntness1483 slowness1495 grossnessa1530 stupidity?1541 assishness?1548 dastardness1552 lourderie1555 dastardliness1556 blockishness1561 doltishness1569 sottage1569 sheepishness1574 doltry1581 sottishness1589 doltage1593 dorbellism1593 grout-headry1600 opacity1611 duncery1615 dunstery1615 stupidness1619 hebetude1621 insulsity1623 unintelligence1634 obtuseness1648 jobbernowlism1652 dullery1653 non-intelligence1653 blockheadishness1656 crassness1664 blockheadedness1716 stolidness1727 blockheadism1753 numbskullity1779 nincompoophood1791 duncishness1805 numbskullism1806 foziness1821 noodledum1821 obtusity1823 soft-headedness1823 noodledom1827 duncehood1829 dunderheadedness1830 sumphishness1830 asininity1831 dunderheadism1836 stockishness1837 dullardness1840 fat-headedness1840 stupor1845 duncedom1847 misintelligence1848 nincompoopery1850 wooden-headedness1850 dumminess1852 jolterheadedness1852 ninnyship1852 donkeyism1855 dumbness1860 beef-wittedness1863 crassitude1865 donkeyhood1869 slow-wittedness1869 chuckle-headedness1880 leatherheadedness1880 pinheadedness1884 numbskulledness1885 donkeydom1889 thickheadedness1889 density1894 moronism1922 nitwittedness1931 nitwittery1931 noodleness1931 dopiness1942 squirrel-headedness1955 nincompoopism1957 dim-wittedness1960 clottishness1961 1863 Reader 22 Aug. This British bull-neckedness, this British beef-wittedness. Draft additions June 2007 U.S. slang. A criminal charge or conviction; (also) a prison sentence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of time1790 lagging1819 stretch1821 model1845 birdlime1857 penal1864 prison sentence1867 rap1870 bit1871 spot1895 hard time1896 sleep1911 jolt1912 bird1924 fall1926 beef1928 trick1933 porridge1950 custodial sentence1951 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] wrayingc1000 indictment1303 accusationa1382 information1387 appeaching1401 allegeancea1430 supposal1429 accuse?a1439 appealing1440 ditingc1440 indictingc1440 detection1471 cusing1488 indictament1523 arraigning1533 denouncement1544 arraignment1549 raignment1570 delation1578 denunciation1588 prosecution1590 accusement1596 inditure1614 aggravation1626 arraign1638 delating1820 billing1884 beef1928 1928 Amer. Mercury May 81 I'm ditched for fifteen flat—an' on a bum beef! 1967 M. Braly On the Yard 9 You've already beat this yard long enough to wear out two murder beefs and a bag of robberies. 1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 13 A forty-year beef reduced to thirty by Sentence Review. 2006 S. Turow in N.Y. Times Mag. 4 June 35/1 He has a required court appearance on a pending case to be sure he hasn't skipped bail. ‘What kind of beef?’ Murph asks. Draft additions December 2003 beef tomato n. British a tomato of a large, firm, irregularly shaped variety; cf. beefsteak tomato n. at beef-steak n. Additions. ΚΠ 1981 Times 6 June 2/5 Dutch growers have been quicker to start producing beef tomatoes—large, irregular shaped fleshy fruits derived from the French variety Marmande. 1995 R. Gray & R. Rogers River Cafe Cook Bk. (1996) 131/2 Costuluto Fiorentina is a large salad tomato, and ripens to a reddish green colour. Beef tomatoes are a poor substitute. Draft additions June 2003 beef Wellington n. (also Beef Wellington) Cookery a dish of fillet of beef (often coated with pâté) wrapped in puff pastry; cf. Wellington n. 3b. ΚΠ 1939 D. Ashley Where to dine in Thirty-nine 53 Tenderloin of Beef Wellington... Larded tenderloin of beef. Roast very rare. Allow to cool and roll into pie crust... Slice in portions and serve with sauce Madire.] 1948 R. Dana Where to eat in N.Y. 217 For an entree let taste be your guide, because everything is excellent, from the beef Wellington, the famous preparation with foie gras and truffles and seasoning of origanum, to the many chicken and sea-food specialties. 1994 D. Porter Frommer's Comprehensive Trav. Guide Portugal '94–'95 v. 96 The à la carte items are available at lunch and dinner and feature..lamb chops with mint sauce,..and beef Wellington. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). beefv. 1. transitive. To apply raw beef to (a bruise). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > apply raw beef to beef1870 1870 T. Simmons Oakdale Grange 124 [It] will show up in blue and yellow relief..unless they beef it. 2. a. To put more muscle into, to drive harder. U.S. (College slang). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] driveOE to drive through1523 push1561 urge1565 to fall aboard1642 whack1719 beef1860 1860 Yale Literary Mag. 26 83 The first boat in is the winner of the race, so round they turn, and ‘beef her’ for the home stretch. b. slang. To strengthen; to add vigour, power, or importance to. Const. up (occasionally out). Hence beefed-up (or -out), adj. Cf. beef n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase in strength or force afforce1425 forcec1430 reforcec1450 fortify1470 reinforcec1485 stiffen?a1500 strengthen1548 toughen1582 invigorate1646 hardena1677 recruit1678 emphasize1800 bastion1822 beef1941 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > make more important arearc885 upheavea1300 upraisea1300 uphigh13.. enhancec1325 liftc1330 uplift1338 uphebbe1340 uptakec1340 magnifya1382 upreara1382 uphancec1390 preponder?1504 upbring1513 exaggerate1564 greaten1589 weighc1595 to make much matter ofa1649 aggravate1698 aggrandize1709 beef1941 1941 A. O. Pollard Bombers over Reich xi. 155 When the Fortresses reach Britain from the United States certain alterations are made; the larger guns are..‘beefed up’ so as to give them a rate of fire of 900 rounds a minute. 1944 Time 24 Jan. 22/3 The Eighth [Air Force] proved that it had beefed up its reserves. 1958 Observer 2 Feb. 1/2 This main stage—the ‘beefed-up’ Redstone—uses a secret formula ‘exotic’ fuel. 1960 Times 21 Jan. 13/6 Economic planners..may be tempted to beef-up a project to make it ambitious enough to qualify for large-scale aid. 1963 Language 39 242 A new generation was fed the nonsense of Marr, only partially beefed out with surreptitious teachings. 1966 New Scientist 10 Mar. 618/1 The Defense Department has spent £50 billion building and beefing up the non-nuclear elements of the armed forces. 3. To slaughter (an ox, etc.) for beef. Also transferred, to knock down. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > kill animal [verb (transitive)] slayc1000 slaughter1535 kill1560 to bring down1768 bag1814 mop1859 murder1863 beef1869 cull1889 carcass1906 harvest1947 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > knock down > specifically a person or animal fellOE to strike down1470 quell1535 to run down1587 to trip (also turn, tumble, kick, etc.) up a person's heels1587 to strike up the heels of1602 level1770 silence1785 grass1814 send1822 to send to grass1845 beef1926 deck1953 1869 Harper's Mag. Jan. 159/1 They [sc. the buffalo] were to be beefed and sent East or put into cattle-cars, and killed after they had arrived in the Eastern cities. 1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd xvi. 268 I calc'late I'd better beef another critter. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 185 When one of them got peeved..some hard-fisted miner beefed him like an ox. 1934 A. Hyder Black-girl, White-lady xxi. 309 ‘Yo'kills niggers?’ ‘Like flies,’ Charley assured her. ‘You want me to beef a few for you?’ 4. intransitive. To complain, grumble, protest. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 1888 N.Y. World 13 May (Farmer) He'll beef an' kick like a steer an' let on he won't never wear 'em. 1889 Road (Denver) 28 Dec. 4/3 He will be coming down town again soon on crutches, ‘beefing’ about cancer of the stomach. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt v. 60 Course I wouldn't beef about it to the fellows at the Roughnecks' Table there. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves iii. 74 You have beefed about Miss Wickham. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xvii. 182 ‘So I'm a slave, am I? Like hell I am!’ ‘Stop beefing,’ said Spider. 1957 H. Croome Forgotten Place xi. 138 Stop beefing, Frank. You'll be seeing her again soon enough. Derivatives ˈbeefing n. ΚΠ 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing viii. 210 Too much arguin' an' beefin', majority an' minority nonsense, talkin' shop stuff. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1300v.1860 |
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