bean: Meaning and Definition of

bean

1. the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, esp. of the genus Phaseolus.
2. a plant producing such seeds.
3. the pod of such a plant, esp. when immature and eaten as a vegetable.
4. any of various other beanlike seeds or plants, as the coffee bean.
5. I can't pay for the ticket, I don't have a bean in my jeans.
1. a person's head.
2. a coin or a bank note considered as a coin:I can't pay for the ticket, I don't have a bean in my jeans.
6. a minimum amount of money: They've been disinherited and now haven't a bean.
7. the slightest amount: He doesn't know beans about navigation.
8. He is still full of beans at 95.
1. energetic; vigorously active; vital:He is still full of beans at 95.
2. stupid; erroneous; misinformed.
9. to disclose a secret, either accidentally or imprudently, thereby ruining a surprise or plan: He spilled the beans, and she knew all about the party in advance.

1. to hit on the head, esp. with a baseball.

1. (used to express disbelief, annoyance, etc.).

Bean

1. born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
2. (“Judge”), 1825?–1903, U.S. frontiersman and justice of the peace: called himself “the law west of the Pecos.”