beaner
nounEtymology From bean + -er; see bean (“(slang) head”).
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter.
Broadly, Informal Head.
- Any ideas on how I could solve this problem? This seems to be beyond what my beaner can solve right now....I hope all this work wasn't for nothing!2001 October 2, William, “Capturing Group Therapy Hours?”, in microsoft.public.access.forms (Usenet):
- I know what picture yer referring to, but I didn't have a problem with that because the fundamentals of reactance have been in my beaner since I was a teen.2004 April 30, Active8 [username], “Re: Smith Chart question”, in sci.electronics.design (Usenet):
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- Before Chester could compose himself, the Bombshell leaned over and planted a ruby red smackaroo right on top of his bald spot. Chester Cranepool had had a few things hit him on top of his head before, but nothing that felt that good. Looking like a Franciscan monk with a bullseye on his beaner, Chester simply said, “Bless you, my child.”2011, Mike Griffin, Tales of the Lost Flamingo, AuthorHouse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 159:
- Gee, that would be a beaner of a sign for education1942, Forrest Edwin Long, Philip Westcot Lawrence Cox, The Clearing House, page 527:
- Pride, indeed, Esther thought — that was a beaner! There was more purse than pride in Mayme's repentant heart1949, Martha Ostenso, The Sunset Tree, Dodd, Mead, page 106: