Answer to "Beefs" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GRIPES , but the solution may also be CRABS which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in New York Times).

Beefs crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
GRIPES	60 %	6
CRABS	20 %	5
GRUMBLES	20 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Beefs

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• bitch
• bellyache
• kick
• squawk
• holler
• gripe
• beef cattle
• boeuf
• grouse
• complaints
• reinforces
• gripes

Crossword Answer definitions

GRIPES noun

1. A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
2. A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
3. Grasp; clutch; grip
4. That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
5. A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
6. Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
7. (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
8. The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
9. The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
10. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
11. A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

GRIPES verb

1. To complain; to whine.
2. To annoy or bother.
3. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
4. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
5. To suffer griping pains.
6. To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
7. To seize or grasp.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result GRIPES

• Complaints
• Bellyaches
• Acts the bellyacher
• Beefs
• Crabs
• Complains
• G.I.'s forte.
• Grumbles: Slang.
• "The ___ of Roth," book about Portnoy?
• Kvetches

More clues leading to the result CRABS

• Curmudgeons
• Gripes
• Shore delicacy
• Seafood servings
• Malcontents
• Crustaceans with stalked eyes
• Grumpy sorts
• Coastline crawlers
• Curmudgeons or crustaceans
• Grouses

More clues leading to the result GRUMBLES

• Beefs