Any of various water beetles of the family Gyrinidae that swim rapidly in circles when alarmed.

(Britain) Pickled or canned beef.

(derogatory) A person, especially one formerly popular or influential, who continues in their field after their popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline.

(chemistry) A round piece of laboratory equipment used mostly in school demonstrations to support a gas jar whilst a gas is being collected over water.

A fillet of beef tenderloin steak coated with pâté de foie gras and a duxelles of mushrooms, wrapped in puff pastry and baked.

A small square cardboard mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, that is used to rest one's glass on, and to protect the surface of a table or a bar in a pub.

A protruding belly caused by excess fat stored in the abdomen and colloquially attributed to the consumption of beer.

(idiomatic, transitive) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to

Similar to, or tasting like beef. / Containing beef. / (informal) Strong or muscular. / Large; overweight; fat. / (informal) Sturdy; robust.

(idiomatic, ironic) An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic.