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benny

/ˈbɛni/

benny noun: an amphetamine tablet. Also the alternative letter-case form of Benny.

Noun (1)

benny (plural bennies)

  1. (plural-normally, slang) An amphetamine tablet.
    • That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC
    • I've pitched pennies and downed bennies1973, “Sport”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod
    Synonyms:
    bean

Verb

benny (third-person singular simple present bennies, present participle bennying, simple past and past participle bennied)

  1. (slang, usually) To take amphetamines.
    • Bulldog's habit of "bennying up" for the ball games had become a humorous item among the players.1963, Joe Grosscup, Fourth and One: By Lee Grosscup, page 268
    • He had been on the road that long and so bennied up.1980, Commercial motor carrier safety: hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

Noun (2)

benny (plural bennies)

  1. (informal) A benefit.
    • Life in the bush was generally a bummer, an adverse experience, which was only rarely broken by the bennies, benefits like warm beer and letters from the World, the United States.1984, Charles Robert Anderson, The Grunts, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page xviii
    • A benny of using an older modem is that it usually includes a good manual on the AT command set.2001, Scott Edwards, Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp Computer, page 158

Noun (3)

benny (plural bennies)

  1. (dated, slang) An overcoat.
    • […] and figuring on where the engraved papers were going to come from that 'ud enable me to yank one of the bennies out of the eaves. Nobody ever saw me without an overcoat, and the right kind of an overcoat, […]1902, Clarence Louis Cullen, More Ex-Tank Tales, page 32
    • I'll stand clost and keep my blue fingers inside your nice fur coat[…]I'll bet this benny cost a nice piece of change.1924 July [1923 August], Samuel Badisch Ornitz, “Sixth Period”, in Haunch Paunch and Jowl, eighth printing, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, section I, page 266
  2. (US, obsolete, slang) A straw hat.
    • If lil ole Souttland is goin’ to keep her dome up in the golf department, an’ I tip my benny to her right now, she must put the kibosh on gin-hoisting an’ lay a stymie to every saloon.1923, Owen Seaman, editor, Punch, volume 165, page 514

Noun (4)

benny (plural bennies)

  1. (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict.
    • Buffet fans can brunch until your heart's content at Westin Bayshore’s H2 Rotisserie & Bar, where the daily breakfast buffet features free-range eggs cooked to order, bennies, pancakes, waffles, smoked bacon, sausage links, seasonal fruit, freshly made pastries, and much more.2019 June 26, Amy Watkins, “Top 15 Brunch Spots in Vancouver, BC”, in Trip Savvy, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2019
    Synonyms:
    eggs Benedict

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Benny

Benny (plural Bennys or Bennies)

  1. A nickname for a man named Benjamin.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Benny

Benny (plural Bennys or Bennies)

  1. A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette.

Noun (5) capitalized: Benny

Benny (plural Bennies)

  1. (UK, slang) A stupid or dull-witted person.
  2. (UK, slang) A temper tantrum.
  3. (UK, slang) A native of the Falkland Islands.
    Synonyms:
    still

Noun (6) capitalized: Benny

Benny (plural Bennies)

  1. (US, slang) A one-hundred-dollar bill.
    • Money coming in plenty / Twenties, fifties and Bennies2012, “Vision of Excellence”, performed by Purpose & Confidence

Noun (7) capitalized: Benny

Benny (countable and uncountable, plural Bennys or Bennies)

  1. (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict.
    • This special version of eggs Benedict will win the hearts of all the Benny fans out there.2011, Debbie Harding, Go Nuts, page 4
    • This would definitely be a Becca-approved Benedict, which sings high praise. The girl knows her Bennys.2014 June 17, Ally, “Chalk Point Kitchen Brunch”, in Bitches who Brunch, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2019
    Synonyms:
    eggs Benedict

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Benny

Benny

  1. A surname.
  2. A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.

Noun (8) capitalized: Benny

Benny (plural Bennies or Bennys)

  1. (New-Jersey, Southern, slang, slightly derogatory) A beach tourist; especially an irritating or gaudy one from Northern New Jersey, New York, or other states.

Also used as

benny is also the alternative letter-case form of Benny.

benny meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

benny in Hindi

बेनी, बैनी, बेन्नी

benny in Tamil

பென்னி, பென்னீ, பேன்னி

benny in Marathi

बेन्नी, बेनी, बॅनी

benny in Urdu

بینی
More languagesFewer languages
benny in Bengali
বেনি, বেন্নি, বেনির কাছে
benny in Telugu
బెన్నీ, బెన్ని, బెన్నీకి
benny in Malayalam
ബെന്നി, ബെന്നിക്ക്, ബെന്നിയെ
benny in Kannada
ಬೆನ್ನಿ, ಬೆನ್ನೀ
benny in Punjabi
ਬੈਨੀ, ਬੇਨੀ
benny in Gujarati
બેન્ની, બેન્નીને
benny in Odia
ବେନି, ବେନୀ, ବେନ୍ନୀ
benny in Nepali
बेन्नी, बेनी, बेन्नीलाई

Examples of benny in a sentence

  • A "benny" of being curious and continuing to learn and grow is that you […]2004, Mary Foley, Bodac!ous woman: outrageously in charge of your life and lovin' it!, page 100:
  • After depositing the larger items at the post office for the free ride home (a benny of being overseas: free mail), we headed back to the plane.2000, Approach, volume 45, number 5, page 22:

All 15 example sentences with benny

Synonyms of benny

Forms of benny

Noun
pluralbennies
alternative formbennie
pluralBennies
pluralBennys
Verb
third-person singular presentbennies
present participlebennying
past participlebennied
pastbennied
Proper noun
pluralBennys
pluralBennies

Origin of benny

From ben(zedrine) + -y.

From Benny.

Abbreviation of benefit.

Words formed from benny

Phrases with benny

Words that rhyme with benny

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about benny

What does benny mean?
Benny means an amphetamine tablet.
What is benny in Hindi?
Benny in Hindi is बेनी, बैनी, बेन्नी. See Benny meaning in Hindi.
How do you use benny in a sentence?
A "benny" of being curious and continuing to learn and grow is that you […]
What part of speech is benny?
Benny can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce benny?
Benny is pronounced /ˈbɛni/.
What is the plural of benny?
The plural of benny is bennies.

Words near benny in the dictionary

  1. Bennite
  2. Bennites
  3. Benno
  4. Benns
  5. Bennu
  6. benny
  7. bennying
  8. Bennys
  9. beno
  10. benocclusion
  11. benocyclidine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: benny (page history and authors); Benny (page history and authors); benny (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); benny (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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