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Meaning of beef in English
Pronunciation
/bif/
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Verb
beef
Definitions
1.
complain
Examples
« What was he hollering about? »
Noun
beef
Etymology
Middle English: from Old French boef, from Latin bos, bov-‘ox’
Definitions
1.
cattle that are reared for their meat
2.
meat from an adult domestic bovine
3.
informal terms for objecting
Examples
« I have a gripe about the service here »