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jumping bean
noun
Examples of jumping bean in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Tiny jumping beans can hop to their heart's content while safely inside on this 3-foot trampoline.
—Samantha McIntyre, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
In the Shakespeare Studio, teacher Jo Gray lobs imaginary jumping beans into the mouths of children from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School.
—Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2018
Australia's Alison Wonderland will be a jumping bean behind the decks.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2018
Still, the patients’ stories wriggled like jumping beans in my brain.
—Julie Rehmeyer, Slate Magazine, 12 June 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1889, in the meaning defined above
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“Jumping bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jumping%20bean. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
jumping bean
noun
: a seed of any of several Mexican shrubs that tumbles about because of the movements of the larva of a small moth inside it
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