Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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beef 1. n. a complaint; a quarrel. I gotta
beef against you. Okay, what’s the beef?



  1. n. a criminal charge or complaint. 
    Well, officer, what’s the beef? The beef
    is that you appear to have left the bank
    Monday with about seventy-five grand
    that isn’t yours. That’s the beef! 3. n. a
    large and muscular male. Let’s get one
    of those beefs in here to help. The two
    beefs pushed and pushed, but couldn’t
    budge the crate. 4. in. to complain. Stop
    your beefing! What’s he beefing about
    now? 5. in. to break wind; to release in-
    testinal gas audibly. (Usually objection-
    able.) Who beefed? Wa lly wa r n e d
    everybody that he was going to beef. 6. n.
    an act of breaking wind. (Usually objec-
    tionable.) All right! Who’s beef was
    that? Jimmy made another beef! 7. in.
    to crack up and get injured as in a skate-
    board accident. Chuck beefed and
    wrecked his elbow. Be careful or you’ll
    beef!


beefcake 1. n. a display of the male
physique. (See also cheesecake.) 
There was one calendar showing beefcake
rather than the usual cheesecake. 2. n. a
muscularly handsome male. She’s been
going out with a real beefcake. I prefer
skinny guys to a beefcake.


beef-headn. an oaf; a meathead. Look
you beef-head, lay off! This beef-head
here thinks he knows how to do my job.


beef-heartsn. audible releases of intesti-
nal gas through the anus. (Rhyming slang
for farts.Usually objectionable.) No
more of these beef-hearts!


beef something uptv. to add strength or
substance to something. Let’s beef this
up with a little more on the drums.TThey
beefed up the offer with another thousand
dollars.


beemer[“bim#] n. a BMW automobile.
(See also beamer.) I had to sell my
beemer when the stock market crashed. 
Tiffany’s beemer was leased, but no one
was supposed to know.


been around (the block)phr. sexually ex-
perienced. He’s just a kid. He hasn’t
been around the block yet.


been had and was had 1. phr. been cop-
ulated with; been made pregnant. I’ve
been had, and I’m going to have the baby.
When she said she was had, I didn’t
know it was on her honeymoon. 2. phr.
been mistreated, cheated, or dealt with
badly. (See also taken.) Look at this
shirt! I was had! I’ve been had by that
lousy gyp joint.
beepern. a portable telephone signal. I
have somebody call me during a meeting
so my beeper will go off and get me out of
it. My beeper went off, and I had to
leave the meeting.

beer 1. in. to drink beer. Fred and Tom
sat in there watching the game and beer-
ing and belching like two old whales. 
Let’s just sit here and beer for a while. 2.
tv. to get oneself drunk on beer. I
beered myself, but good. Let’s go beer a
few.

beer and skittles[...”skIdlz] n. something
very easy to do; an easy time of it. Did
you think life was all beer and skittles? 
All you want is beer and skittles. Don’t you
know you have to work hard for what you
want?
beer belly and beer gutn. a large belly. 
You’re going to end up with a real beer
belly hanging over your belt if you don’t let
up on that stuff. Look at the beer belly
on that guy.

beer blast and beer bustn. a beer-drink-
ing party; a beer binge. Kelly’s having
a beer blast at his place, starting tonight.
There is a beer bust somewhere around
here almost every night.

beerbong[“birbON] 1. n. a can of beer pre-
pared for drinking in one gulp. (An
opening is made in the bottom of a can
of beer. The can, with the opening placed
in the mouth, is turned upright, and the
tab opener is pulled, releasing all the beer
directly into the mouth. In another ver-
sion, the beer is poured into a funnel at-
tached to a plastic tube that leads to the
drinker’s mouth.) Do you know how to
make a beerbong? A beerbong is a great
way to liven up a party. 2. in. to drink
beer as described in sense 1. Those guys

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