Noun
I'm not eating as much beef as I used to.
My real beef is with the organization's president, not the group itself. Verb
She's always beefing about something.
he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined
Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Ice paddles were stored in direct contact with raw chicken, beef and pork in the standup freezer.—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025 The recall notice didn’t specify the size of the wood fragments that were found in the beef stew.—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
The Dallas Cowboys have had a tumultuous offseason so far, with players beefing publicly and the team not making as much noise as fans hoped for in free agency.—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025 Some try to beef their spider up on milk and honey before the battle.—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beef
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French beof, bef ox, beef, from Latin bov-, bos head of cattle — more at cow
Share