BEANBAG

beanbag

(noun) a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

beanbag (plural beanbags)

A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.

A small cloth bag filled with dry beans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.

A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans.

(slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

(slang) An idiot.

Synonyms

• (furniture): beanbag chair

• (toy): Hacky-Sack

Source: Wiktionary



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(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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