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BEANER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beaner mean? 

BEANER (noun)
  The noun BEANER has 1 sense:

1. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's headplay

  Familiarity information: BEANER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEANER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

beanball; beaner

Hypernyms ("beaner" is a kind of...):

delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)

Derivation:

bean (hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball)


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