# beans

Pronunciation: say "BEENZ" /biːnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of bean. — plural of bean
   - Simple: Plural of bean. Use it for more than one bean.
   - _Dried beans need an overnight soak before they will cook through._
   - _The roaster buys green coffee beans from three farms in the same valley._
2. An insignificant value or amount, chiefly in negative or dismissive expressions. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Almost nothing, used mostly in sayings like not worth beans.
   - _In a fast-moving market a verbal agreement isn't worth beans._
   - _He talks a big game, but he doesn't know beans about cars._
3. An animal's paw pads. *(slang)*
   - Simple: The soft pads on the bottom of a cat's or dog's paws.
   - _Cat owners post close-ups of toe beans as if they were jewelry._
   - _Hot pavement can burn a dog's beans in minutes._
5. The testicles. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A rude slang word for the testicles.
   - _A knee to the beans ended the fight before it started._
   - _The goalie doubled over after the puck caught him right in the beans._
6. Pills; drugs in pill form. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Slang for pills, especially drugs taken as pills.
   - _The song's chorus is about popping beans until the club closes._
   - _Dealers sold the beans by the handful outside the venue._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present of bean. — third-person singular simple present indicative of bean
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of bean, to hit someone with something thrown or pitched, often at the head.
   - _A fastball that beans a hitter can end a career._
   - _The comic hero beans the villain with a frying pan._

## Noun

7. Money. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: An old slang word for money.
   - _The lad had beans enough for a cab and a supper, and no more._
   - _The brothers had plenty of beans after the harvest sale and spent freely all winter._

## Other meanings

- (noun) The hypodermis.

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