noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A pitch deliberately thrown at the head of the batter.
2. 2
   a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

beaner

Etymology

From bean + ball, from the slang bean (“head”).

Related phrases

bean ballchin music

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