beano

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbiːnəʊ/(UK)

Definition of beano

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
    “You gas like a kid at a Sunday School beano.”
    “For all she knew, Upjohn might have got the holiday spirit and be planning to remain burning up the boulevards indefinitely, and of course nothing gives a big beano a black eye more surely than the failure to show up of the principal speaker.”
    “‘Every year,’ said Lord Galen happily, ‘I have this little beano as a farewell treat before leaving France.’”
    ““Everyone was having a beano, everyone was partying, the music was going, it was mint – as soon as England won we booked it.””
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noun

  1. A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
    “You gas like a kid at a Sunday School beano.”
    “For all she knew, Upjohn might have got the holiday spirit and be planning to remain burning up the boulevards indefinitely, and of course nothing gives a big beano a black eye more surely than the failure to show up of the principal speaker.”
    “‘Every year,’ said Lord Galen happily, ‘I have this little beano as a farewell treat before leaving France.’”
    ““Everyone was having a beano, everyone was partying, the music was going, it was mint – as soon as England won we booked it.””
  2. (figuratively)Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.
  3. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of bingo (“game of chance”).

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Etymology

Clipping of beanfeast + -o.

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