beanbag

See also: bean bag

English

Beanbags (toys)

Alternative forms

• bean bag
• bean-bag

Etymology

bean +‎ bag

Pronunciation

• enPR: bēnʹbăg, IPA^(key): /ˈbiːnbæɡ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

beanbag (plural beanbags)

1. A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.
2. A small cloth bag filled with dry beans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.
   • 1992, Rick Altman, Sound theory, sound practice, page 40:

     Does it bounce around like a superball in a hollow cavity? Or does it rapidly lose its force, like a beanbag hitting a pillow?

3. A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans.
4. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
5. (slang) An idiot.

Synonyms

• (furniture): beanbag chair
• (toy): Hacky-Sack

Derived terms

• bean-bag baton
• bean-bag chair, beanbag chair

Translations

piece of furniture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豆袋沙發／豆袋沙发, 豆袋沙发 (dòudài shāfā), 懶人沙發／懒人沙发, 懒人沙发 (lǎnrén shāfā)

• Dutch: zitzak (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: säkkituoli (fi)
• French: fauteuil-sac m
• German: Beanbag m
• Hungarian: babzsák, babzsákfotel
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• Italian: puf m
• Japanese: ビーンバッグ (bīnbaggu)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: pufe m
• Russian: бинбэ́г (ru) m (binbɛ́g), кре́сло-мешо́к n (kréslo-mešók), кре́сло-пуф m (kréslo-puf)
• Swedish: saccosäck (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

small cloth bag

• Chinese: 豆袋 (dòudài)
• Finnish: papupussi
• Hungarian: babzsák
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• Japanese: ビーンバッグ (bīnbaggu)

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• Norman: ^{(please verify)} pouque à pais f (Jersey)
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