beefier; beefiest
1
a
: heavily and powerfully built
a beefy football player
b
: substantial, sturdy
beefy shock absorbers
2
a
: of or suggesting beef
a beefy flavor
b
: full of beef
a beefy steak
Examples of beefy in a Sentence
The new truck has a beefier construction than the old model.
a beefy man who worked in a warehouse all his life
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2025
While waves were beefy and allowed for plenty of surf excitement throughout the event, the swell picked up even more for the finals day on Saturday, with sets upward of 8 feet, even larger as the swell filled in throughout the day.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 June 2025
These hefty meatloaf sandwiches are juicy, very beefy, and crowned with a sweet ketchup glaze.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
This is a beefy AI workstation with an Nvidia GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip, cramming server-grade Grace Blackwell hardware into a single motherboard.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 24 May 2025
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“Beefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beefy. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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beefy
adjective
beefier; beefiest
1
: heavily and powerfully built
a beefy wrestler
2
: of or suggesting beef
a beefy flavor
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