adjective
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like beef
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informal muscular; brawny
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informal fleshy; obese
Other Word Forms
- beefily adverb
- beefiness noun
Etymology
Origin of beefy
Example Sentences
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Electric versions of the industry’s beefiest SUVs and pickups are stark embodiments of America’s EV reckoning.
According to a CBS News report, this was to have included “‘large, beefy’ agents … ‘in full kit,’ including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.”
From Salon
There was an ambivalent, if not stone cold, attitude towards the beefy Californian.
From BBC
His finishing move, the Attitude Adjustment, involves him slinging similarly beefy opponents over his shoulders, sometimes two at once, and tossing them out of the ring, onto breakaway tables or metal chairs — any place, really.
From Salon
Short, tall, thin and beefy, all were holding someone in their arms and dancing a waltz, no doubt dreaming of cream-colored ponies.
From Los Angeles Times
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