biff

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /bɪf/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪf

biff (plural biffs)

1. (informal) A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
   • 1945, C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce:

     "Hit him a biff," said the Big Man.

2. (informal, sports) A wipeout.

biff (third-person singular simple present biffs, present participle biffing, simple past and past participle biffed)

1. (informal, transitive) To punch or hit.
2. (Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang, transitive) To discard; to throw out; to throw away.
3. (informal, sports) To wipe out; to faceplant; to fall.
4. (informal) To mess up.
5. (intransitive) To move quickly.

biff

1. The sound of a person being punched or hit.
   • 1989 June 5, The Canberra Times, Australia Capital Territory, page 10, column 2:

     Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

• IPA^(key): /bif/

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biff m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of bif
   • 2011, “Michto”, performed by Seth Gueko:

     Faire du biff, c'est michto / Mais le biff attire les michtos

     Making moola's cool / But moola attracts gold diggers

From Old French boef, via English beef.

biff m (definite singular biffen, indefinite plural biffer, definite plural biffene)

1. a steak (slice of beef)

• “biff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old French boef, via English beef.

biff m (definite singular biffen, indefinite plural biffar, definite plural biffane)

1. a steak (slice of beef)

• “biff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English beef. First attested in 1822.^[1]

biff c

2. a steak, a beefsteak [since 1822]^[1]

   en blodig biff

   a rare [bloody] steak

   en mör biff

   a tender steak

   lövbiff

   minute steak, cube steak

   (literally, “leaf steak”)

   älgbiff

   moose steak

4. (by extension) a patty

   Forma färsen till biffar

   Shape the ground meat into patties

   grönsaksbiffar

   vegetable patties

   hamburgerbiff

   hamburger patty

   Usually just called a (ham)burgare, or colloquially a (kött)puck (“(meat) puck”).

5. steak, beefsteak (as a dish)

   Bearnaise är gott till biff

   Béarnaise goes well [is good] with steak

7. (colloquial) someone very large and muscular; a beefy guy, a beefcake, a hunk, etc.

   Wow! Vilken biff!

   Wow! What a beefy guy!

   Hans brorsa är en riktig biff

   His brother [colloquial] is really beefy / a real beefy guy [a real biff]

   Can also be expressed as "är riktigt biffig (“beefy”)."

   Kolla in den där kängurun! Vilken biff!

   Check out that kangaroo! What a hunk/stud/unit/etc.!

False friend of English beef. See nötkött.

• biffig (“beefy, brawny”)
• jägarbiff
• klara biffen
• lövbiff (“minute steak, cube steak”)
• pannbiff
• saken är biff (“the matter is settled”)

• BIFF-regeln
• bulle
• stek (“roast”)

• biff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• biff in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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