Definition: The meat from a cow, bull or other bovine.

Alright class, settle down and let’s take a look! You’ve asked a very good question today, it’s true, About the word “beef,” and what it means for you. The dictionary is right, as always, clear and bright, “Beef” does mean meat, from bovine kind – that's quite right! From cows and bulls, a tasty treat indeed, A portion of their flesh, a primal need! But “beef” can also have a different plea, It means an argument, you see! Like when two friends have something to contend, A disagreement brewing, without end. So "having beef" isn't about the meat you find, But a quarrel or dispute of a troublesome kind! Think of it like this: a grumpy, heated fight, That’s what we mean when “beef” shines its light. Now does that make sense, my little scholars dear? Any questions about "beef," let's have them near!