beefy
/ˈbiːfi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.74 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Large; overweight; fat.
Example Sentences
- "The Chicken Big Mac is similar to its beefy sibling; however, it replaces the two burgers with two tempura chicken patties."
- "The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms."
- "Soon the Latino warrior had bared his beefy body. His bullet packed bandolier still draped over one shoulder served to emphasize the nakedness of the torso, as did the boots and the pants that were puddled about his ankles."
- "The jaw bone in particular “looks more like that of H. erectus … than the beefier jaws of more primitive hominins such as H. habilis,” according to science journal Nature."
- "A beefy guy who enjoyed posting photos of himself in military gear, Smith had a love of explosives — he urged his fellow Terrorgrammers to bomb electric power stations, cell towers and natural gas lines — and contempt for federal law enforcement agents."
- "Grumping indignantly, he said, "By ginger, a nice blanky thing to lose a good job and risk being dam' near killed by Peabody for a beefy married woman. I tell you she weighs over fifteen stone, absolutely.""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Italic *gʷōs Osco-Umbrianbor.? Latin bovem Anglo-Norman beofbor. Middle English bef English beef Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English beefy From beef + -y.