beefing about

beefing about
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  • beef about — {v. phr.} To complain about something. * /Stop beefing about your job, Jack. You could have done a lot worse!/ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • beef about — {v. phr.} To complain about something. * /Stop beefing about your job, Jack. You could have done a lot worse!/ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • beef\ about — v. phr. To complain about something. Stop beefing about your job, Jack. You could have done a lot worse! …   Словарь американских идиом

  • beef — [[t]bi͟ːf[/t]] beefs, beefing, beefed 1) N UNCOUNT Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox. → See also corned beef ...roast beef. ...beef stew. ...exports of beef and powdered milk. 2) VERB: no passive (disapproval) If someone b …   English dictionary

  • beef — 1. n. a complaint; a quarrel. □ I gotta beef against you. □ Okay, what’s the beef? 2. n. a criminal charge or complaint. □ Well, officer, what’s the beef? □ The …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • beef — beef1 S3 [bi:f] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: buef, from Latin bos ox ] 1.) [U] the meat from a cow ▪ roast beef ▪ We have both dairy and beef cattle on the farm. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • beef — I n A disagreement, argument. After we ignored Jim we had abeef with his whole crew. 1940s II n A complaint. Why are you complaining? What s your beef? 1920s III v To complain. Stop beefing about the curfew; you can t do anything about it. 1920s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • beef — 1 noun 1 (U) the meat from a cow: roast beef 2 (C) informal a complaint: OK, so what s the beef this time? 3 where s the beef? spoken especially AmE used when you think someone s words and promises sound good, but you want to know what they… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • beef — 1. noun 1) there s plenty of beef on him Syn: muscle, brawn, bulk; strength, power 2) his beef was about the cost Syn: complaint, criticism, objection, cavil, quibble, grievance …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • beef — I. noun (plural beefs or beeves) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French beof, bef ox, beef, from Latin bov , bos head of cattle more at cow Date: 14th century 1. the flesh of an adult domestic bovine (as a steer or cow) used as food 2. a.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • botherment — ˈbäthə(r)mənt noun ( s) : bother, botheration beefing about the botherments which pester those in my spot James Cagney not often in formal use …   Useful english dictionary

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