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beanie

UK/ˈbiː.ni/

beanie noun: a cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.

beanie: a cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool
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Noun

beanie (plural beanies)

  1. (uncommon) A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
    • Enrique Iglesias is often seen wearing a beanie.
    • The sensation was curious. The bullet passed through her thigh, cleanly, severing the dust-bones and making the second self stumble for a moment before knitting the injury back together. It didn't hurt — she'd have needed an entire quarry's worth of sand for nociception — but she still felt the...2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024
  2. (uncommon) A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
  3. (informal, uncommon) A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.

beanie meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Vietnamese

beanie in Tamil

மழலைக் கவிப்பு

beanie in Arabic

cap that fits the head closely
طَاقِيَّة ṭāqiyya

beanie in Malay

cap that fits the head closely
serkup

beanie in Vietnamese

cap that fits the head closely
nón len, mũ len

Examples of beanie in a sentence

  • Beanie hair: Officially the worst hat hair to have: flat, fuzzy and drab.
  • I want to see the BNF anyway, so that I can get a new beanie.
  • I love me some diaperboys wearing propeller beanies.

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Synonyms of beanie

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Forms of beanie

pluralbeanies
alternative formbeenie

Plural of beanie: beanies

Origin of beanie

From bean (“the head”) + -ie (diminutive suffix).

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Phrases with beanie

Words that rhyme with beanie

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Questions about beanie

What does beanie mean?
Beanie means a cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
What is beanie in Tamil?
Beanie in Tamil is மழலைக் கவிப்பு. See Beanie meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is beanie?
Beanie is a noun.
How do you pronounce beanie?
Beanie is pronounced /ˈbiː.ni/ (UK).
What is the plural of beanie?
The plural of beanie is beanies.

Words near beanie in the dictionary

  1. beanflour
  2. beanhead
  3. beanheads
  4. beanhole
  5. beanholes
  6. beanie
  7. beanie babies
  8. beanie baby
  9. beanie key
  10. beanie-weenies
  11. beanied

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: beanie (page history and authors); beanie (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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