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/ |
- 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.Want to learn more?
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