beefy

(redirected from beefily)
Also found in: Thesaurus.

beef·y

(bē′fē)

adj. beef·i·er, beef·i·est

a. Muscular in build; brawny: a beefy wrestler.

b. Substantial; filling: "a rather ... beefy, densely colored wine" (Robert M. Parker, Jr.).

2. Filled with beef.

beef′i·ness n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

beefy

(ˈbiːfɪ)

adj, beefier or beefiest

1. like beef

2. informal muscular; brawny

3. informal fleshy; obese

ˈbeefily adv

ˈbeefiness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

beef•y

(ˈbi fi)

adj. beef•i•er, beef•i•est.

1. of or like beef.

2. brawny; thickset; heavy.

[1735–45]

beef′i•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Adj.

beefy - muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"

buirdly, burly, husky, strapping

Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"

beefy

adjective (Informal) brawny, strong, powerful, athletic, strapping, robust, hefty (informal), muscular, sturdy, stalwart, bulky, burly, stocky, hulking, well-built, herculean, sinewy, thickset The place was packed with beefy ex-footballers
weak, frail, skinny, feeble, puny, scrawny

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

سَمين، بَدينمِثْل لَحْم البَقَر

hovězíobéznísvalnatý

muskuløs

bullig fleischig

cárnico carnosa carnosocarnudacarnudo

naudanlihapitoinen

costaud

holdmikill; vöîvamikillnautakjöts-

solido

kjøttaktig muskelsterk stor og kraftig velfødd

hovädzítlstý

iri yarısığır eti gibi

牛肉似的肌肉发达的

beefy

[ˈbiːfɪ] ADJ (beefier (compar) (beefiest (superl))) (= brawny) → fornido

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beefy

[ˈbiːfi] adj (= brawny) [person] → costaud(e)

beefy

adj (+er) → fleischig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

beefy

[ˌbiːfɪ] adj (fam) → muscoloso/a
a big beefy fellow → un tipo grande e grosso

beef

(biːf) noun

the flesh of a bull, cow or ox, used as food.

beefy adjective

1. of or like beef. a beefy taste.

2. having a lot of fat or muscle. a beefy man.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Storgards, the BBC Philharmonic's principal guest conductor, provided a beefily energetic performance of Sibelius's fifth symphony with the orchestra having the necessary heft in the string and brass sections but also the manoeuvrability needed for Sibelius's continuously evolvingrovements.

REVIEWS

Until recently, she had been married to Hal (Alec Baldwin, beefily convincing, as one of Wall Street's Masters of the Universe).

Attachment and loss

Reindeer is fairly sweet and beefily meaty and not as gamey as one would expect.