around and beaked for a while. Stop
beaking and get to work.beamGo to (I-)beam.
beamern. a user of IBM computers; one
who is knowledgeable about IBM com-
puters. (See also beemer.) I’m no
beamer! I’m a Mac fan. Fred is a con-
firmed beamer, especially now that com-
puters are cheaper.
beamingGo to on the beam.
Beam me up, Scotty!sent. Get me out of
here!; Take me away from this mess!
(From the television program Star Trek.)
This place is really crazy! Beam me up,
Scotty! I’ve heard enough! Beam me up,
Scotty!
beam upin. to die. (From the television
program Star Trek.) Pete dead? I didn’t
think he was old enough to beam up. I
was so exhausted after climbing four
f lights that I was afraid I would beam up.
bean 1. n. the head. I got a bump right
here on my bean. Put your brim on your
bean and cruise. 2. tv. to hit someone on
the head. (See also beanball.) The lady
beaned me with her umbrella. A board
fell off the scaffold and beaned the worker.
- Go to beans.
beanballn. a pitched baseball that strikes
the batter on the head, usually by acci-
dent. (Baseball.) He got hit by a bean-
ball and went after the pitcher with a bat.
The guy is a master at throwing a bean-
ball and living to tell about it.
bean-countern. a statistician; an accoun-
tant. When the bean-counters get fin-
ished with the numbers, you won’t recog-
nize them. The bean-counters predict a
recession sometime in the next decade.
beaned upmod. high on amphetamines.
(Drugs.) Ernie is beaned up again.
Two students were beaned up and were
sent home.
beaneryn. a cheap eating establishment.
(Where baked beans are served.) I
stopped in for a cup of brew at a little all-
night beanery on Thirty-fourth. Barlowe
was waiting. I’m tired of eating in
beaneries.
bean head 1. n. an oaf. (Also as one word.)
You are such a bean head! Why I keep
running around with a bean head like you
is beyond me. 2. n. a drug user who uses
pills habitually. (Drugs.) You bean
heads are just as much junkies as the jerks
who shoot. There’s no harm in being a
bean head.
beanpolen. a skinny person. I’m getting
to be such a beanpole. I used to be a
beanpole. Look at me now—both of me!
beans 1. n. nothing. You act like you
don’t know beans about it. I have noth-
ing I can give you. Nothing, zotz, beans!- n. nonsense. (Refers to beans that pro-
duce gas, which is hot airor nonsense.)
Come on, talk straight. No more beans!
Stop feeding me beans. 3. n. soybean
futures contracts. (Securities markets.
Usually with the.) The beans are headed
south. Buy the jan beans and sell puts
on the bellies. 4. n. money; dollars. No
beans left. Can’t buy threads. Gimme
some beans. I gotta get some gas.
bean timen. dinnertime. Hey, you guys!
It’s bean time! I’m hungry. When’s bean
time around here?
Bean Town n. Boston, Massachusetts.
(From Boston baked beans.) I plan to
hit Bean Town about noon. I got a lot
of buddies in Bean Town.
bear 1. n. a difficult task. This problem
is a real bear. This is a bear of a job. I’ll
be glad when it’s over. 2. n. an ugly
woman. (Derogatory.) Tell the old bear
to hold her tongue. How can a bear like
that be allowed to run around loose? 3.
n.a highway patrol officer. (See also
Smokey (the Bear).) There’s a bear
hiding under that bridge. A bear is over-
head, watching your speed from a heli-
copter.
bear cagen. a police station. (Citizens
band radio.) Have you ever been in a
country bear cage? I sat for two hours
in that stinking bear cage.
bear in the airn. a police officer in an air-
plane or a helicopter. (Citizens band ra-
dio.) They’ve got a bear in the air on
duty in northern Indiana. There’s a bear
bear in the air