Bean (Verb)
Meaning
Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The batter was beaned by the fastball and fell to the ground.
- The umpire ejected the pitcher from the game after he beaned the opposing team's star player.
- She ducked just in time, avoiding the beaning that could have caused serious injury.
- He was beaned by a stray baseball while sitting in the stands during the game.
- The player was taken out of the game after being beaned by a 95-mph fastball.