bean vs penny

bean

noun
  • Money. 

  • The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean). 

  • The clitoris. 

  • An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items. 

  • A person. 

  • The head or brain. 

  • The edible seedpod of such a plant. 

  • The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean. 

  • Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. 

verb
  • To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head. 

penny

noun
  • Money in general. 

  • In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d. 

  • In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p. 

  • A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d. 

  • In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin. 

  • In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢. 

  • In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. 

verb
  • To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket. 

  • During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink such that they must finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge. 

  • To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door. 

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