What does "benny" mean?
An amphetamine tablet.
Benny
/ˈbɛni/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An amphetamine tablet.
- Grammar: benny is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: ben, benedict, benjamin, benne.
- Usage evidence: Benny Hill was a huge Francophile and spoke French fluently.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An amphetamine tablet. plural-normally, slang
"That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”). UK, alt-of, slang
"BTW, you might like to see what happens to CM00-01 when one of your sticks of memory decides to have a benny:"
- 3 A benefit. informal
"Life in the bush was generally a bummer, an adverse experience, which was only rarely broken by the bennies, benefits like warm beer and letters from the World, the United States."
- 4 An overcoat. dated, slang
"[…] and figuring on where the engraved papers were going to come from that 'ud enable me to yank one of the bennies out of the eaves. Nobody ever saw me without an overcoat, and the right kind of an overcoat, […]"
- 5 Synonym of eggs Benedict. informal
"Buffet fans can brunch until your heart's content at Westin Bayshore’s H2 Rotisserie & Bar, where the daily breakfast buffet features free-range eggs cooked to order, bennies, pancakes, waffles, smoked bacon, sausage links, seasonal fruit, freshly made pastries, and much more."
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- 6 A stupid or dull-witted person. British, slang
- 7 A one-hundred-dollar bill. US, slang
"Money coming in plenty / Twenties, fifties and Bennies"
- 8 Synonym of eggs Benedict. countable, informal, uncountable
"This special version of eggs Benedict will win the hearts of all the Benny fans out there."
- 9 A beach tourist; especially an irritating or gaudy one from Northern New Jersey, New York, or other states. New-Jersey, Southern, slang
- 10 East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil wordnet
- 11 Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”). US, alt-of, slang
- 12 A straw hat. US, obsolete, slang
"If lil ole Souttland is goin’ to keep her dome up in the golf department, an’ I tip my benny to her right now, she must put the kibosh on gin-hoisting an’ lay a stymie to every saloon."
- 13 A temper tantrum. British, slang
- 14 A native of the Falkland Islands. British, slang
Verb
- 1 To take amphetamines. slang, usually
"Bulldog's habit of "bennying up" for the ball games had become a humorous item among the players."
Proper Noun
- 1 A nickname for a man named Benjamin.
- 2 A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette.
- 3 A surname.
- 4 A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.
Example
"Benny Hill was a huge Francophile and spoke French fluently."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "benny"?
Common synonyms include: ben, benedict, benjamin, benne, benni, c-note.
How do you use "benny" in a sentence?
Benny Hill was a huge Francophile and spoke French fluently.
How do you pronounce "benny"?
Pronounced /ˈbɛni/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From ben(zedrine) + -y.
Etymology 2
From Benny.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of benefit.
Etymology 4
Unknown or disputed. Attested from the late 19th century. Possibly from benjamin, slang from the early 19th century for a type of greatcoat. Possibly in reference to Uncle Benny or Uncle Ben (“a pawnbroker”), who might accept coats during the warm summer months, though the latter slang term does not appear to be attested before 1920.
Etymology 5
Clipping of eggs Benedict.
Etymology 6
Clipping of Benjamin + -y.
Etymology 7
Clipping of Bernice or Bernadette.
Etymology 8
From the name of a dull-witted character, Benny Hawkins, in the British soap opera Crossroads.
Etymology 9
From the name of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the bill.
Etymology 10
Uncertain, with myriad competing theories, some quite fanciful. Compare other mainly-Jersey Shore slang shoobie (“awkward beach tourist”).