noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Water in which beans have been cooked. uncountable
2. 2
   Coffee slang, uncountable
3. 3
   High spirits. New-England, US, slang, uncountable

Etymology

From bean + water.

Related phrases

be on one's beanwaterhigh spirits

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