(archaic or humorous) plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers.

(uncountable) A fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger. / (countable) A glass or drink of ginger beer.

(Cockney rhyming slang, usually used in the shortened form ginger) queer (i.e. homosexual).

The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. / A short, electronically produced tone. / A message sent to a pager device.

(transitive) To sound (something that makes a beep). / (transitive, informal, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches. / The wood of the beech tree.

Beef cooked by roasting. / A cut of beef that has been roasted. / A cut of beef intended for roasting. / A portion of roasted beef.

Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.

Any of various tropical beetles, of the subfamily Dynastinae, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.

Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag / The species Lucanus cervus, which is the largest beetle in the UK.