beanbag

plural beanbags · alternative bean bag · alternative bean-bag

1. A small cloth bag filled with drybeans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.

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

   1992, Rick Altman, Sound theory, sound practice, page 40

   Synonyms: hacky sack

2. A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans.
3. plural normallyslangA testicle.
4. derogatoryslangAn idiot.
5. abbreviationellipsisfurnitureEllipsis of beanbag chair.

present singular third person beanbags · participle present beanbagging · participle past beanbagged · past beanbagged · alternative bean bag · alternative bean-bag

1. transitiveTo shoot with a baton round consisting of a bag of shot.

   I've beanbagged people before, and nobody has ever just stood right back up, even from a glancing blow.

   2010, Joe McKinney, Dead City, page 21