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[ bee-fee ] / ˈbi fi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR beefy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, beef·i·er, beef·i·est.of or like beef. brawny; thickset; heavy. obese. Origin of beefyFirst recorded in 1735–45; beef + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM beefybeef·i·ly, adverbbeef·i·ness, nounWords nearby beefybeef tea, beef tomato, beef-up, beef Wellington, beefwood, beefy, bee glue, bee gum, beehive, beehive house, beehive round Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beefyThere 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|DAILY BEAST He 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|DAILY BEAST He 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|DAILY BEAST Never 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|DAILY BEAST
He was a beefy figure who never quite lost his German accent despite living all his adult life in the United States. The Noble General|John Barry|July 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST The yokel came on in all the pride of his beefy strength, for ha knew that he was going to finish the "swell" this round. Acton's Feud|Frederick Swainson He rose heavily to his feet and labored to and fro across the floor, with his beefy hands clasped behind his back. The Story of the Foss River Ranch|Ridgwell Cullum He, and not the beefy brute or the intellectual paragon, would be Superman. A Poor Man's House|Stephen Sydney Reynolds Weve got to run the other company to-morrow, and its up to us to see Beefy through. John Brown|Captain R. W. Campbell One was a beefy man in a gold-laced cream-colored dress tunic; he had thick lips and a too-ready laugh. Last Enemy|Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for beefy
adjective beefier or beefiestlike beef informal muscular; brawny informal fleshy; obese Derived forms of beefybeefily, adverbbeefiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beefyhulking, burly, muscular, bulky, heavy, husky, sturdy, substantial, weighty, thickset |