bully beef

noun

Pickled or canned beef.

Similar
corned beefcorn beef
OriginFrench bouilli →
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Meanings

nounbully beef (uncountable)
  1. UKuncountablePickled or canned beef.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbeef cured or pickled in brine

Similar
corned beefcorn beef
Broader
beefboeuf
Also see
corned beef

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchbouilli“boiled”
  2. Englishbully beef

From a corruption of French bouilli (“boiled”) + beef.

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APA

bully beef. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bully%20beef

MLA

“bully beef.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bully%20beef. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bully beef,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bully%20beef.

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