English

Beanbags (toys)

Alternative forms

• bean bag
• bean-bag

Noun

beanbag ‎(plural beanbags)

1. A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.
2. A small cloth bag filled with dry beans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.
   • 1992, Rick Altman, Sound theory, sound practice (page 40)

     Does it bounce around like a superball in a hollow cavity? Or does it rapidly lose its force, like a beanbag hitting a pillow?

3. A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans.
4. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
5. (slang) An idiot.

Synonyms

• (furniture): beanbag chair
• (toy): Hacky-Sack

Derived terms

• bean-bag baton
• bean-bag chair, beanbag chair

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