beefy

[ bee-fee ]

adjective

, beef·i·er, beef·i·est.

1. of or like beef.
2. brawny; thickset; heavy.
3. obese.

beefy

/ ˈbiːfɪ /

adjective

1. like beef
2. informal.
   muscular; brawny
3. informal.
   fleshy; obese

Derived Forms

• ˈbeefily, adverb
• ˈbeefiness, noun

Other Words From

• beefi·ly adverb
• beefi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of beefy¹

First recorded in 1735–45; beef + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Light precipitation is shed by the durable water repellant coating on the beefy 20-denier face fabric, and it doesn’t seem to impact the bag’s performance if some of that moisture finds its way inside the insulation.

From Outside Online

Looking at pictures of headphone stands, you may think they’re all big, beefy blocks that eat up your workspace.

From Popular-Science

Just make sure your desk is big and beefy enough to support the weight, as all three monitors are mounted on a single pole in the middle.

From Popular-Science

If you’ve ever had a Beyond Burger or Impossible Burger, you know that plant-based food companies have figured out how to make fake beef that tastes pretty beefy.

From Vox

If you have a beefy graphics card or console, it might be worth turning ray tracing on, but read the rest of this article before you decide.

From Popular-Science

There is no sign of the beefy NHL players who usually inhabit the place.

From The Daily Beast

He was twenty, blond, beefy, even younger than Sonny, and just starting with the Hernando, Mississippi, ambulance team.

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

Never mind the fact that he was 45 pounds underweight when he auditioned to play the beefy lead.

From The Daily Beast

He was a beefy figure who never quite lost his German accent despite living all his adult life in the United States.

From The Daily Beast

There was short, beefy Sergeant McGinty, a representative from the police who was to serve as coordinator.

From Project Gutenberg

His red, beefy face was corded and knotted with tension, and his skin glistened with oily perspiration.

From Project Gutenberg

He who was always beefy became beefier; his eyes bulged out with fury.

From Project Gutenberg

It needed a beefy person with fat legs and a large amount of inexplicable dignity, a regular God-knows-why loftiness.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet a careful observer might have noticed that the pulse of his beefy neck was beating faster than usual.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• burly
• hulking
• muscular