1
as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
had to deal with an angry customer with a beef about our service
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2
as in muscle
muscular strength
a heavyweight wrestler with a good deal of beef
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined
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Recent Examples of beef
Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
In late October, McDonald’s temporarily removed its Quarter Pounders from about one-fifth of its more than 14,000 U.S. locations as the CDC examined whether the outbreak was linked to the chain’s beef supply or its onions.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Over the past few years, David Gilmour and Roger Waters have beefed about everything from control of the Pink Floyd Facebook page to the war in Ukraine.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
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Noun
However, venison backstraps are much leaner than beef ribeye.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
In late October, McDonald’s temporarily removed its Quarter Pounders from about one-fifth of its more than 14,000 U.S. locations as the CDC examined whether the outbreak was linked to the chain’s beef supply or its onions.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
European politicians are beefing over Emily in Paris.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Over the past few years, David Gilmour and Roger Waters have beefed about everything from control of the Pink Floyd Facebook page to the war in Ukraine.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beef
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The ground crew starts the engines externally, filling the air with an urgent whine.J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
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Reports of this plan were toasted by professional cynics with a similar whine.Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
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In addition to providing a momentary escape from flight delays and restless children, this type of micro-mobility for the workplace also helps build employees’ muscles for choosing the best places to do their work.Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Senate report released Sunday said the company forces workers to repeat the same movements hundreds, if not thousands, of times each shift, resulting in extremely high rates of injury to their muscles and joints.Chris Isidore, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Girding for battle at USC Pay is at the center of union organizing at USC, where non-tenure track professors complain of semester-to-semester contracts with little job security, minimal or nonexistent raises and moves by the university to cut benefits.Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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If corporate leaders complain about these directives’ effects on their bottom lines, Trump’s team could force CISA to scale back its use of this authority.Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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So far this fall, Milwaukee DNS has seen a 35% increase in complaints from last year about landlords providing no heat or insufficient heat, WITI-TV (Channel 6) and WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) reported.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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The lender then canceled her refinance application in response, according to the complaint.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Anonymity—be it through media sources or within our justice system—is as central to holding power to account as is a free press.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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The president serves a five-year term and has significant decision-making powers in national security, foreign policy and judicial appointments.STEPHEN McGRATH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of fans from all over the world tuned in to these unofficial livestreams every night of the tour, commenting, screaming, and searching for Swift Easter eggs together — and thus creating a sense of community and joy rivaled only by the vibes of an actual concert.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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This clearly crushes Lee, who screams furiously at Eugene, though his words are rendered inaudible amid the trip—Lee cannot make his voice heard.Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Destroyers are the more controversial picks — wired to disrupt existing institutions, and acting on smoldering grievances against the organizations they've been picked to lead.Axios, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Donald Trump’s voters were motivated by white grievance, except for the people of color who were motivated by economic anxiety; ultimately, the main issue was the patriarchy, exacerbated by misinformation on long-form podcasts, although of course Harris should have gone on Rogan.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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The accompanying dispenser easily slices through tape to create clean lines without fuss, and a high volume of positive shopper ratings have earned this tape an impressive 4.3-star rating.Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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One other final point is that a lot of fuss was made over the female protagonists in Witch from Mercury.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Beef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beef. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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