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English
Etymology
beef + -y
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Adjective
beefy (comparative beefier, superlative beefiest)
- Similar to, or tasting like beef.
- Containing beef.
- (informal) Strong or muscular.
The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms.
- Large; overweight; fat.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82: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."
- (informal) Sturdy; robust.
The software slows down even a beefy computer.
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