BEANER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head

Synonyms:

beanball; beaner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("beaner" is a kind of...):

delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)

Derivation:

bean (hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball)

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