different between beaner vs scratchback

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sense of a superior or admirable person, from U.S. baseball slang in the 1940s and 1950s, is now almost completely superseded.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

scratch +? back

Noun

scratchback (plural scratchbacks)

1. (Britain, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.

See also

• scratch someone's back

Anagrams

• backscratch