beanbag

American  

[been-bag] / ˈbinˌbæg /

noun

1. a small cloth bag filled with dried beans, as for tossing in various children's games.

2. any such game.

3. any similar bag used as a cushion or support, as the base for an ashtray, etc.

4. Also called beanbag chair.  a large, soft, frameless chair resembling a beanbag, typically a clothlike plastic shell, filled with plastic chips, that molds itself readily to the contours of the occupant.

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beanbag British  

/ ˈbiːnˌbæɡ /

noun

1. a small cloth bag filled with dried beans and thrown in games

2. Also called: sag bag.  a very large cushion loosely filled with foam rubber or polystyrene granules so that it moulds into a comfortable shape: used as an informal low seat

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Etymology

Origin of beanbag

First recorded in 1870–75; bean + bag

Example Sentences

In the past the department issued similar, if temporary moratoriums on the use of other projectile weapons that fire so-called skip and beanbag rounds.

From Los Angeles Times

The department is also making less-lethal devices — such as Tasers, beanbag shotguns and foam round launchers — more readily available to officers, while limiting the number of cops who have their guns drawn.

From Los Angeles Times

The day the BBC visited, around a dozen visitors - men and women, young and old - were sitting on benches or burrowed into beanbags, watching a film together.

From BBC

His movie became the forerunner of “Silicon Valley,” which captured the tech industry’s evolution away from cubicle austerity into open floor plans, beanbag furniture and the idea of work becoming a second home.

From Salon

Some shops were decorated with psychedelic art on the walls, beanbags laid out over the floor and ambient music playing; others were little more than just wooden table stalls in the middle of the street.

From Salon

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