beefing

Noun

biffin (plural biffins)

1. A deep-red cooking apple native to Britain.
2. Such an apple baked and flattened as a snack, popular in Norfolk.
   • […] there were Norfolk Biffins, squab and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons, […]1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 82

Verb

beef (third-person singular simple present beefs, present participle beefing, simple past and past participle beefed)

1. (intransitive, slang) To complain.
   • “Don't you like the Red Room?” “The Red Room!” I gathered from his manner that he had not come to beef about his sleeping accommodation.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter X, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
2. (slang, transitive) To add weight or strength to.
   • First off, the axle housing was beefed by welding areas where extreme loading is evident (black marked areas).1969, Hot Rod, volume 22, page 59

   Synonyms:

   beef up

3. (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.
   • Ugh, who just beefed in here?
4. (Yorkshire, intransitive) To cry.
   • David was beefing last night after Ruth told him off.
5. (slang, transitive) To fail or mess up.
   • I beefed my presentation hard yesterday.
6. (Multicultural-London-English, intransitive, slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) To feud or hold a grudge against.
   • Those two are beefing right now — best you stay out of it.

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