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- [spil stressed th ee been]
- /spɪl stressed ði bin/
- /spɪl ðə biːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spil stressed th ee been]
- /spɪl stressed ði bin/
Definitions of spill the beans words
- noun spill the beans the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus. 1
- noun spill the beans a plant producing such seeds. 1
- noun spill the beans the pod of such a plant, especially when immature and eaten as a vegetable. 1
- noun spill the beans any of various other beanlike seeds or plants, as the coffee bean. 1
- noun spill the beans Slang. a person's head. a coin or a bank note considered as a coin: I can't pay for the ticket, I don't have a bean in my jeans. 1
- noun spill the beans British Informal. a minimum amount of money: They've been disinherited and now haven't a bean. 1
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Origin of spill the beans
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English bene, Old English bēan; cognate with Old Norse baun, Old Frisian bāne, Dutch boon, Old Saxon, Old High German bona (German Bohne), probably < Germanic *babnō, cognate with Russian bob, Latin faba < European Indo-European *bhabh-
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Parts of speech for Spill the beans
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spill the beans popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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verb spill the beans
- babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- blab — If someone blabs about something secret, they tell people about it.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- blether — blather
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