Does anyone know what the term 'beef' means?

Question

Beef means if you dont like a celebrity and you never got the chance to say what you wanted to. well here is your chance to say what you want. Like for example if dont like something about a celebrity well now you can i have to go but you can im or post bye.

Answer 1

Beef is having problems with someone

ex. I have problems with Johnny and Chris.
I have beef with Johnny and Chris

same thing!

Answer 2

Since you put this in the celebrities section, I assume you're talking about a celebrity beef.

A celebrity beef is when one celebrity is angry at another celebrity for any variety of reasons. It can be a big deal, or not.

Here's an example of a beef:
Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton had a beef with each other, but no one seems to know why or what it was all about. But they were very angry at each other. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

that's not what beef means. beef means you got a problem with sumone. it doesnt mean "you never got the chance to say what you wanted to". why would anyone have beef with celebrities?? unless of course you are a celebrity and have a problem with another celebrity. other than that people shouldn't have beef with celebrities. i admit there are celebrities i dont like or dont care for but i dont have beef with them.

Answer 4

Beef doesnt necessarily have to be any certian feelings toward a celebrity only. It is basically when you have a personal issue with someone which leads to fighting and arguing

Answer 5

NOUN:
pl. beeves (bvz) KEY or beef

A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
Informal Human muscle; brawn.
pl. beefs Slang A complaint.
intr.v.
Slang beefed , beef·ing , beefs
To complain.

PHRASAL VERB:
beef up Informal
To make or become greater or stronger: beef up the defense budget.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French buef, from Latin bs , bov-; see gwou- in Indo-European roots

WORD HISTORY:
That beef comes from cows is known to most, but the close relationship between the words beef and cow is hardly household knowledge. Cow comes via Middle English from Old English c, which is descended from the Indo-European root *gwou-, also meaning "cow." This root has descendants in most of the branches of the Indo-European language family. Among those descendants is the Latin word bs, "cow," whose stem form, bov-, eventually became the Old French word buef, also meaning "cow." The French nobles who ruled England after the Norman Conquest of course used French words to refer to the meats they were served, so the animal called c by the Anglo-Saxon peasants was called buef by the French nobles when it was brought to them cooked at dinner. Thus arose the distinction between the words for animals and their meat that is also found in the English word-pairs swine/pork, sheep/mutton, and deer/venison. What is interesting about cow/beef is that we are in fact dealing with one and the same word, etymologically speaking.


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Answer 6

Beef is gay slang for a very large male appendage.

Answer 7

i though the term beef meant meat from the cow, red meat...
guess it has a few meanings!

Answer 8

beef  /bif/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[beef] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural beeves /bivz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[beevz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation for 2; beefs for 4, verb

–noun 1. the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
2. an adult cow, steer, or bull raised for its meat.
3. Informal. a. brawn; muscular strength.
b. strength; power.
c. weight, as of a person.
d. human flesh.

4. Slang. a. a complaint.
b. an argument or dispute.

–verb (used without object) 5. Slang. to complain; grumble.
—Verb phrase6. beef up, a. to add strength, numbers, force, etc., to; strengthen: During the riots, the nighttime patrol force was beefed up with volunteers.
b. to increase or add to: to beef up our fringe benefits.



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[Origin: 1250–1300; 1885–90 for def. 5; ME < AF beof, OF boef < L bov- (s. of bōs) ox, cow; akin to cow1]

—Related forms
beefless, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source beef (bf) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. beeves (bvz) or beef

A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
Informal. Human muscle; brawn.
pl. beefs Slang. A complaint.

intr.v. Slan. beefed, beef·ing, beefs
To complain.

Phrasal Verb:
beef up Informa.
To make or become greater or stronger: beef up the defense budget.


[Middle English, from Old French buef, from Latin bs, bov-. See gwou- in Indo-European Roots.]
Word History: That beef comes from cows is known to most, but the close relationship between the words beef and cow is hardly household knowledge. Cow comes via Middle English from Old English c, which is descended from the Indo-European root *gwou-, also meaning “cow.” This root has descendants in most of the branches of the Indo-European language family. Among those descendants is the Latin word bs, “cow,” whose stem form, bov-, eventually became the Old French word buef, also meaning “cow.” The French nobles who ruled England after the Norman Conquest of course used French words to refer to the meats they were served, so the animal called c by the Anglo-Saxon peasants was called buef by the French nobles when it was brought to them cooked at dinner. Thus arose the distinction between the words for animals and their meat that is also found in the English word-pairs swine/pork, sheep/mutton, and deer/venison. What is interesting about cow/beef is that we are in fact dealing with one and the same word, etymologically speaking.

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source
beef

In addition to the idiom beginning with beef, also see where's the beef.


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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source
Main Entry: beef
Pronunciation: 'bEf
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural beefs /'bEfs/ or beeves /'bEvz/
: the flesh of an adult domestic bovine (as a steer or cow) when killed for food

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WordNet - Cite This Source
beef

n 1: cattle that are reared for their meat [syn: beef cattle] 2: meat from an adult domestic bovine [syn: boeuf] 3: informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" [syn: gripe, kick, *****, squawk] v : complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, grouse, crab, squawk, bellyache, holler]

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