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Meaning of beef

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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