beanie
Plural: beanies
Noun
- A small, close-fitting cap, often made of cloth segments.
- a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
- A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
- A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
- A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.
Examples
- Enrique Iglesias is often seen wearing a beanie.
- He played BEANIE, a perfectly fine word, but missed the much better BINGO.
Origin / Etymology
From bean (“the head”) + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Synonyms
beany, knit cap, knit hat, ski cap, ski hat, skull cap, skullie, skully, snow cap, snow hat, sock cap, stocking cap, toque, watch cap, woolly hat, wooly hat
Scrabble Score: 8
beanie: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbeanie: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
beanie: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary