beano — ozdic

Collocations

2

ADJ.

big, black, little

VERB + BEANO

gives

Definitions

noun

1

A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.

You gas like a kid at a Sunday School beano.

For all she knew, Upjohn might have got the holiday spirit and be planning to remain burning up the boulevards indefinitely, and of course nothing gives a big beano a black eye more surely than the failure to show up of the principal speaker.

2

Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.

noun

1

Alternative form of bingo (“game of chance”).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and playe

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

3

01

You gas like a kid at a Sunday School beano.

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02

For all she knew, Upjohn might have got the holiday spirit and be planning to remain burning up the boulevards indefinitely, and of course nothing gives a big beano a black eye more surely than the fa

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03

‘Every year,’ said Lord Galen happily, ‘I have this little beano as a farewell treat before leaving France.’

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, beano is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.