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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth
- he tried to duck, but the pitch still hit him squarely on the bean
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2
beans plural
active strength of body or mind
- nine-year-old twins who are full of beans
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3
beans plural
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
- I know something about gardening, and you're full of beans
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- applesauce
- [slang],
- balderdash,
- baloney
- (also boloney),
- bilge,
- blah
- (also blah-blah),
- blarney,
- blather,
- blatherskite,
- blither,
- bosh,
- bull
- [slang],
- bunk,
- bunkum
- (or buncombe),
- claptrap,
- codswallop
- [British],
- crapola
- [slang],
- crock,
- drivel,
- drool,
- fiddle,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fiddlesticks,
- flannel
- [British],
- flapdoodle,
- folderol
- (also falderal),
- folly,
- foolishness,
- fudge,
- garbage,
- guff,
- hogwash,
- hokeypokey,
- hokum,
- hoodoo,
- hooey,
- horsefeathers
- [slang],
- humbug,
- humbuggery,
- jazz,
- malarkey
- (also malarky),
- moonshine,
- muck,
- nerts
- [slang],
- nonsense,
- nuts,
- piffle,
- poppycock,
- punk,
- rot,
- rubbish,
- senselessness,
- silliness,
- slush,
- stupidity,
- taradiddle
- (or tarradiddle),
- tommyrot,
- tosh,
- trash,
- trumpery,
- twaddle
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4
beans plural
the smallest amount or part imaginable
- had trouble finding a job because he didn't know beans about computers
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bean
verbSynonyms of bean (Entry 2 of 2)
as in brain, skull
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for bean
- cane,
- club,
- cudgel,
- flail,
- flog,
- lash,
- sap,
- slash,
- sledge,
- sledgehammer,
- spear,
- stab,
- switch,
- thrash,
- whip
- bowl (down or over),
- cream,
- deck,
- dump
- [slang],
- fell,
- floor,
- knock down,
- level
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