Meanings
- pluralplural onlyslangeyes
With its beadies on him from out in the corridor and its massive sneakers upon the wafer thin yielding (he yell'd!) glass of the compartment door.
2015, Bill Reed, Dogod1 more example
Especially ones like the Broadway Park House, an old-world Central Park South upscale joint with uniformed doormen shooting me the beadies the moment Evelyn and I are disgorged into the lobby by a revolving door.
2013, Eoin Colfer, Screwed
Origin
In reference to the common collocation beady-eyed or beady eyes.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
beadies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beadies
“beadies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beadies. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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