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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 head
Familiarity information: BEANER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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