单词 | beanbag |
释义 | beanbagn. Originally U.S. 1. a. A small (usually cloth) bag filled with dried beans, plastic pellets, etc., esp. as something to be thrown and caught in various games. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1861 Mass. Teacher Oct. 367 The bean bags and wooden clubs do not possess quite enough of intellectual interest to satisfy all the pupils in our higher schools. 1929 E. Bowen Last September x. 122 At school sports; in a team race, one of those things with bean bags. 1980 R. Lee China Jrnl. vi. 58 There were small beanbags used to play a game that resembled dodge-ball. 2008 Independent 29 May 13/3 The programme treated up to 40,000 children..with a regime of simple physical exercises such as threading beads, standing on ‘wobble boards’ and catching bean bags. b. Chiefly U.S. Any of various games played with beanbags (sense 1a). Also in plural in same sense. Cf. Compounds 1 and cornhole n. 3. ΚΠ 1869 Children's New Church Mag. Sept. 124 One of their favorite amusements was playing ‘bean bag’. Grandma had made each of the children a pretty bean bag out of bright colored chintz..they were better than balls to toss and catch. 1905 Christian Observer 1 Feb. 18/1 A very enjoyable game is a variation of the game of bean-bags. 1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty ii. 38 There they beheld Temmie, unwashed and completely happy, playing at a game resembling bean bag with the small fry of the tribe. 1989 W. Stegner in C. Anthony Family Portraits 248 You had more fun than the kids, playing crocinole or beanbag like the child you had never been allowed to be. 2015 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 24 Oct. 1 e The original design included a second tower..built on the plot where office workers now play beanbag. 2. A large bag loosely filled with small pellets of polystyrene or similar material, used as a seat or floor cushion which moulds itself to the shape of the sitter. Sometimes (and in earliest use) as a modifier, as in bean bag chair, bean bag cushion, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs farthingale chair1552 side chair1582 high chair1609 scroll chair1614 Turkey chair1683 curule chair1695 reading chair1745 rush-bottom1754 conversation-chair1793 Windsor tub1800 Trafalgar chair1808 beehive-chair1816 nursing chair1826 Hitchcockc1828 toilet seat1829 kangaroo1834 prie-dieu1838 tub-chair1839 barrel-chair1850 Cromwell chair1868 office chair1874 swivel-chair1885 steamer-chair1886 suggan chair1888 lawn chair1895 saddle seat1895 Bombay chair1896 veranda-chair1902 X chair1904 Yorkshire chair1906 three legs and a swinger1916 saddlebag1919 riempie stool1933 gaspipe chair1934 slipper chair1938 Eames chair1946 contour chair1948 sling-back1948 sling chair1957 booster chair1960 booster seat1967 beanbag1969 sack chair1970 papasan1980 Muskoka chair1987 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > cushion > floor cushion boss1694 floor cushion1839 puff1877 zabuton1879 pouf1884 beanbag1969 Sagbag1974 1969 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 27 July d1/1 A body-sized bean bag chair that adjusts to the sitter's shape..is one of the modern design innovations to be introduced at the summer home furnishings market which opens Monday at the Western Merchandise Mart here [sc. San Francisco]. 1970 Columbia Missourian 9 Jan. 7 (caption) Bean bags... Versatile and unique, these pliable bean bag chairs designed by Craft Associates Inc. become lounges or chairs at the user's whim. 1971 Daily Gaz. (Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois) 20 May 22/5 (advt.) Draperies, pillows, curtains... Bean bag cushions. 1975 ‘M. Collins’ Blue Death x. 67 She sat cross-legged under her robe on a beanbag, like a child in a big blanket. 2017 A. Poston Geekerella ii. 191 I slam end so fast I think I fracture my thumb... Sage falls back on her beanbag, laughing. 3. A piece of ammunition, typically used by police or security forces for riot control, and consisting of a pouch of metal pellets which is designed to give a non-penetrating blow when fired from a gun. Frequently as a modifier, as in beanbag round. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > other equipment stone-bag1346 night house1632 mealing table1765 tumbler-punch1843 thumb-stall1864 sub-target1902 beanbag1970 1970 N.Y. Times 23 July (Late City ed.) 18/1 The Berkeley, Calif., police hope to conduct tests soon of a new ‘stun gun’ in law-enforcement situations. The device fires four-inch-wide ‘bean bags’ at about 120 miles an hour. 1998 Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (Nexis) 26 Feb. 13 The square packets, which have a cloth covering with lead pellets inside, hit people with more force than a Nolan Ryan fastball or a Mike Tyson punch. The beanbag is the latest in a line of ammunition that can hurt rather than kill. 2020 Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Montana) (Nexis) 26 Dec. Less lethal options, such as Tasers, bean bag rounds or rubber bullets are common now. Compounds C1. Chiefly U.S. As a modifier, in the names of various games played with a beanbag (sense 1a), as beanbag baseball, beanbag toss, etc. ΚΠ 1909 Bisbee (Arizona) Daily Rev. 5 Sept. 3/3 Beanbag baseball kept everybody in a healthy state of excitement and merriment until arrangements could be perfected for supper. 1920 Santa Ana (Calif.) Daily Reg. 3 Sept. 5/2 Croquet, bean bag toss and other games interspersed with music, were enjoyed until a late hour. 1949 Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel 19 Apr. 2/6 This session consisted of jumping rope and ‘bean bag tag’. 2018 New Yorker 8 Oct. 42/2 The residents..played hangman and trivia and bingo and beanbag toss. C2. As a modifier, designating any of various toy animals filled in the manner of a beanbag (sense 1a). ΚΠ 1916 St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press 3 Oct. 7/7 (advt.) While down town step in and see these playthings. You will want one. They include..Bean Bag Jumping Rabbit. 1938 Emporia (Kansas) Daily Gaz. 19 Nov. 7/3 Cuddly toys..Bean-bag frog—Mummy will have lots of fun sewing these delightful Christmas gifts for the kiddies. 1981 Canberra Times 7 June 15/3 There are drums, bells, tambourines, doll house furniture, and wonderful creations like puggles—a rare breed of beanbag animal. 2005 L. Jones Mom from Miami xviii. 235 Lauren Faison held up the fabric shell of a soon-to-be-stuffed beanbag frog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1861 |
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