BEANER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head

Synonyms:

beanball; beaner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("beaner" is a kind of...):

delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)

Derivation:

bean (hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball)