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Definition of bean verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bean

verb
 
/biːn/
 
/biːn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bean
 
/biːn/
 
/biːn/
he / she / it beans
 
/biːnz/
 
/biːnz/
past simple beaned
 
/biːnd/
 
/biːnd/
past participle beaned
 
/biːnd/
 
/biːnd/
-ing form beaning
 
/ˈbiːnɪŋ/
 
/ˈbiːnɪŋ/
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  1. bean somebody (North American English, informal) to hit somebody on the head
    • I got beaned by a rock someone threw.
    Word OriginOld English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne.
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