different between beanie vs meanie

English

Alternative forms

• beenie

Etymology

From bean (“the head”) +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?bi?.ni/
• Rhymes: -i?ni

Noun

beanie (plural beanies)

1. A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.

   Enrique Iglesias is often seen wearing a beanie.

2. 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.
3. (informal) A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.

Synonyms

• (cap): knit cap, knit hat, skull cap, skullie, skully, snow cap, snow hat, ski cap, sock cap, stocking cap, toque (Canada), watch cap, woolly hat (UK), wooly hat

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• meany

Etymology

mean +? -ie

Noun

meanie (plural meanies)

1. (informal, chiefly childish) A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy.

   Teacher kept me in after school again. What a meanie!

   That meanie wouldn't even lend me the bus fare.
2. (informal) A villain.

   Synonym: baddie

Translations

Derived terms

• blue meanie
• pink meanie (Drymonema larsoni)

Further reading

• meanie at OneLook Dictionary Search