beef vs complaint

beef

noun
  • A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with) 

  • The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat). 

  • Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency. 

  • Essence, content; the important part of a document or project. 

  • The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine. 

  • Bovine animals. 

  • Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset. 

  • A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat. 

adj
  • Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient. 

  • Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat. 

  • Producing or known for raising lots of beef. 

  • Beefy; powerful; robust. 

verb
  • To feud or hold a grudge against. 

  • To cry. 

  • To fail or mess up. 

  • To add weight or strength to. 

  • To fart; break wind. 

  • To complain. 

complaint

noun
  • A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern. 

  • However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant. 

  • In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based; 

  • The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted. 

  • The act of complaining. 

  • In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate. 

  • A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder. 

How often have the words beef and complaint occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )