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beanbag

/ˈbiːnbæɡ/

beanbag noun: a small cloth bag filled with drybeans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands. Also the ellipsis of beanbag chair.

beanbag: a small cloth bag filled with drybeans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands
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Noun

beanbag (plural beanbags)

  1. A small cloth bag filled with drybeans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.
    • Does it bounce around like a superball in a hollow cavity? Or does it rapidly lose its force, like a beanbag hitting a pillow?1992, Rick Altman, Sound theory, sound practice, page 40
    Synonyms:
    hacky sack
  2. A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans.
  3. (plural-normally, slang) A testicle.
  4. (derogatory, slang) An idiot.

Verb

beanbag (third-person singular simple present beanbags, present participle beanbagging, simple past and past participle beanbagged)

  1. (transitive) To shoot with a baton round consisting of a bag of shot.
    • I've beanbagged people before, and nobody has ever just stood right back up, even from a glancing blow.2010, Joe McKinney, Dead City, page 21

Also used as

beanbag is also the ellipsis of beanbag chair.

Synonyms of beanbag

Forms of beanbag

Noun
pluralbeanbags
alternative formbean bag
alternative formbean-bag
Verb
third-person singular presentbeanbags
present participlebeanbagging
past participlebeanbagged
pastbeanbagged

Origin of beanbag

From bean + bag.

Words formed from beanbag

Phrases with beanbag

Questions about beanbag

What does beanbag mean?
Beanbag means a small cloth bag filled with drybeans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.
What part of speech is beanbag?
Beanbag can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce beanbag?
Beanbag is pronounced /ˈbiːnbæɡ/.
What is the plural of beanbag?
The plural of beanbag is beanbags.

Words near beanbag in the dictionary

  1. bean-trefoil
  2. bean-trefoils
  3. bean-vine
  4. bean-vines
  5. bean-wood
  6. beanbag
  7. beanbag chair
  8. beanbag chairs
  9. beanbag race
  10. beanbag races
  11. beanbagged

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