different between beaner vs beamer

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?bin?/

Etymology 1

From bean +? -er. Literally "a person who eats refried beans".

Noun

beaner (plural beaners)

1. (US, ethnic slur, offensive) A Mexican.

Translations

References

• John Sutherland (2000-07-31) , “You are what you eat ... arguably”, in The Guardian?^[2]

Etymology 2

bean +? -er; see bean (“(slang) head”).

Noun

beaner (plural beaners)

1. (baseball) A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter.
2. (by extension, informal) Head.
   • 2011, Mike Griffin, Tales of the Lost Flamingo, AuthorHouse (2011), ?ISBN, page 159:

     Before Chester could compose himself, the Bombshell leaned over and planted a ruby red smackaroo right on top of his bald spot. Chester Cranepool had had a few things hit him on top of his head before, but nothing that felt that good. Looking like a Franciscan monk with a bullseye on his beaner, Chester simply said, “Bless you, my child.”

3. (US, slang, dated) A superior or admirable person; something excellent.

Usage notes

This sense of a superior or admirable person, from U.S. baseball slang in the 1940s and 1950s, is now almost completely superseded.

Synonyms

• bean ball

References

• Lester V. Berrey and Melvín van den Bark (1953) American Thesaurus of Slang: A Complete Reference Book of Colloquial Speech, Crowell, pages 27,354,375

Anagrams

• Berean, bearen

English

Etymology

beam +? -er. The term is sometimes used in English by non-native speakers because German and Dutch use the word beamer for that purpose and it appears English (it is a pseudo-anglicism).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bi?m?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bim?/
• Rhymes: -i?m?(?)

Noun

beamer (plural beamers)

1. (cricket) A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but passes the batsman at head height.
2. (chiefly non-native speakers' English) A projector.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Beamer (“BMW”)
4. (gymnastics, slang) A gymnast proficient with or specializing in the balance beam ("beam").

Synonyms

• (BMW): beemer, bimmer, BMW

Anagrams

• Bermea, Breema, ambeer

Dutch

Etymology 1

From beamen (“to assent”) +? -er (agentive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??a?m?r/
• Hyphenation: be?amer
• Rhymes: -a?m?r

Noun

beamer m (plural beamers, diminutive beamertje n)

1. A consenter, who assents to a statement

Etymology 2

A pseudo-anglicism. Compare German Beamer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?.m?r/
• Hyphenation: bea?mer

Noun

beamer m (plural beamers, diminutive beamertje n)

1. A video projector

Anagrams

• berame