Latin for Here Is the Beef
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English language beef, bef, beof, borrowed from Anglo-Norman beof, Erstwhile French buef, boef ( " ox " ) (modern French bœuf); from Latin bōs ( " ox " ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Doublet of cow
Beef in the sense of "a grudge, argument" was originally an American slang expression:[i]
- attested as a verb "to complain" in 1888: "He'll beef an' kicking like a steer an' let on he won't never wear 'em."— New York World, 13 May;
- attested as a noun "complaint, protestation, grievance, sim." in 1899: "He made a Horrible Beefiness because he couldn't get Loaf Sugar for his Coffee."—Fables in Slang (1900) by George Ade, page fourscore.
As to the possible origin of this American usage, information technology has been suggested that it can be traced back to a British expression for "alarm", get-go recorded in 1725:[two] "BEEF 'to alarm, as To cry beefiness upon us; they take discover'd usa, and are in Pursuit of us". The term "beef" in this context would be a Cockney rhyming slang of thief. The continuous utilize of a similar expression, including its assumed semantic shift to 'complaint' in the The states from the 1880s onwards, needs farther description though.[iii]
Pronunciation [edit]
- ( General American ) IPA(key): /bif/
- ( U.k. ) IPA(key): /biːf/
- Rhymes: -iːf
Noun [edit]
beefiness (countable and uncountable, plural beef or beefs or beeves)
- ( uncountable ) The meat from a moo-cow, balderdash, or other bovine.
- Synonyms: cowflesh, oxflesh
- Hyponym: veal
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I love eating beef.
- ( in the meat industry, on production packaging ) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
- ( by extension, slang, uncountable ) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or say-so.
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Put some beef into it! We've got to get the car over the bump.
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We've got to get some beef into the enforcement provisions of that law.
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- ( figuratively, slang, uncountable ) Essence, content; the important part of a certificate or projection.
- Synonym: meat
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The beef of his paper was a long rant about authorities.
- ( uncountable ) Bovine animals.
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2010 October 21, "Who'due south the existent McCoy? Abilene'due south Joseph in 8 Wonders contest", in Abilene Recorder Relate:
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All the same, there were millions of head of beef roaming the plains of Texas.
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- ( archaic, countable, plural: beeves ) A single bovine (moo-cow or balderdash) being raised for its meat.
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Exercise you want to raise beeves?
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1791, Homer; West[illiam] Cowper, transl., "[The Iliad.] Volume XV.", in The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Bare Poesy, [ … ] , volume I, London: [ … ] J[oseph] Johnson, [ … ] , OCLC 779243096, lines 398–401, page 394:
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As when two lions in the ſtill dark night / An herd of beeves ſcatter or num'rous flock / Suddenly, in the abſence of the guard, / So fled the heartleſs Greeks, […]
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- 1903 March, Henry Mason Baum, Frederick Bennett Wright, George Frederick Wright, Records of the By, book Ii, part III, page 87, translating the laws of Hammurabi:
- 263. If he [one to whom a beef or sheep is loaned] ruins the beef or sheep that was loaned him, he is to return to the owner a beefiness for a beefiness and a sheep for a sheep.
- 1920-1930, Photo in the North Dakota Land Museum:
- Cutting out a Beef for branding
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- ( slang, uncountable or countable, plural: beefs ) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (frequently + with)
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He's got beefiness over what you said.
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He's got a beef with everyone in the room.
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Recall what happened last autumn? That's his beef with me.
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Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from beefiness (substantive)
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- bovine
Translations [edit]
meat
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See too [edit]
- beefwood
Verb [edit]
beefiness (third-person singular uncomplicated present beefs, present participle lamentatory, uncomplicated past and by participle beefed)
- ( intransitive ) To complain.
- ( transitive ) To add together weight or force to.
- Synonym: beef up
- 1969, Hot Rod (volume 22, page 59)
- Commencement off, the beam housing was beefed by welding areas where extreme loading is evident (blackness marked areas).
- ( intransitive, slang ) To fart; break current of air.
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Ugh, who only beefed in here?
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- ( African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang ) To feud or agree a grudge against.
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Those two are beefing right now - best y'all stay out of it for now.
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- ( intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire ) To cry.
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David was beefing last night subsequently Ruth told him off.
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- ( transitive, slang ) To fail or mess upwards.
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I beefed my presentation hard yesterday.
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Derived terms [edit]
- beef up
- beef out
Adjective [edit]
beef (not comparable)
- Existence a bovine animal that is beingness raised for its meat.
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We bought three beef calves this morning.
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- Producing or known for raising lots of beefiness.
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beef farms
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beef land
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- Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.
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beef stew
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- ( slang ) Beefy; powerful; robust.
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Wow, your audio setup is beef!
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- beefy
Translations [edit]
beingness a bovine animal raised for meat
producing or raising lots of beef meat
having beef as an ingredient
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References [edit]
- ^ "Origin of the slang AmE and BrE usage of "beef"", in StackExchange[i], (please provide a appointment or twelvemonth)
- ^ The New Canting Dictionary: Comprehending All the Terms, Ancient and Modern, Used in the Several Tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Shoplifters, Highwaymen, Foot-pads etc. London.
- ^ Michael Quinion (1996–2022), "Lamentatory", in Earth Wide Words.
Anagrams [edit]
- Feeb, feeb
Afrikaans [edit]
Verb [edit]
beefiness (present beef , nowadays participle bewende, by participle gebeef)
- Alternative form of bewe
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eːf
Verb [edit]
beef
- starting time-person singular present indicative of beven
- imperative of beven
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beef
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