bean

verb

beaned; beaning; beans

transitive verb

: to strike (a person) on the head with an object

Examples of bean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then there was winning the regional at Maryland in 2022, with his father, who was nearly killed by a beaning there decades earlier, in the stands to watch. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2026

Let’s get Vinnie Pasquantino beaned up and hope Carter Jensen and Jac Caglianone can bolster the lineup. —Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026

Detmers came in to face the top of the order and beaned Brandon Nimmo to load the bases for Francisco Lindor, who beat out a double play to score Alvarez, and stole second to put runners on second and third. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025

Suárez fell behind 3-0 in the count to Ohtani, and on the next pitch, Suárez beaned Ohtani with a 100 mph fastball to the right shoulder. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

verbal derivative of bean entry 1 in sense "head"

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing bean

• adzuki bean
• azuki bean
• bean counter
• bean counting
• bean curd
• bean sprouts
• bean thread
• black bean
• black-eyed bean
• broad bean
• butter bean
• cacao bean
• Calabar bean
• cannellini bean
• castor bean
• cocoa bean
• coffee bean
• fava bean
• French bean
• garbanzo bean
• great northern bean
• green bean
• haricot bean
• jack bean
• jelly bean
• jequirity bean
• jumping bean
• kidney bean
• lima bean
• locust bean
• Mexican bean beetle
• Mexican jumping bean
• moth bean
• mung bean
• navy bean
• pea bean
• pinto bean
• pole bean
• red bean
• runner bean
• scarlet runner bean
• shell bean
• sieva bean
• snap bean
• soya bean
• string bean
• tepary bean
• tonka bean
• turtle bean
• vanilla bean
• velvet bean
• wax bean
• white bean
• winged bean
• yard-long bean

Rhymes for bean

• bein
• bien
• bouin
• clean
• deen
• diene
• gene
• glean
• jean
• keen
• lien
• mean

Kids Definition

bean

noun

ˈbēn

1

a

: broad bean

b

: the seed or pod of various erect or climbing plants of the legume family

c

: a plant bearing beans

2

: a seed or fruit like a bean

coffee beans