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Jumping Bean

Definition: Jumping Bean

Jumping Bean

Noun

1. Seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Jumping Bean

Synonym: jumping seed (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Jumping Bean

English words defined with "jumping bean": Mexican jumping bean. (references)

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Modern Usage: Jumping Bean

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Jumping Bean Bag (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Jumping Bean

DomainTitle

Books

  • Lucas and His Loco Beans: A Tale of the Mexican Jumping Bean (reference)

  • Norma Jean, Jumping Bean (Step into Reading, Step 2, paper) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Jumping Bean

Expression using "jumping bean": mexican jumping bean. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jumping Bean

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

jumping bean

49
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Jumping Bean

Language Translations for "jumping bean"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Manx

  

poanrey lheimeragh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umpingjay eanbay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Jumping Bean

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-i-j-m-n-n-p-u"

-3 letters: benaming, benjamin.

-4 letters: anguine, beaming, beaning, bumping, guanine, jambing, jauping, jumping, meaning, numbing, pembina, penguin.

-5 letters: bagmen, baning, benign, enigma, gamine, guanin, guimpe, guinea, gunman, gunmen, impugn, japing, magpie, naming, numina, pangen, penang, penman, pennia, pinang, pinnae, pneuma, umping.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Jumping Bean


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 75 6D 70 69 6E 67      42 65 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01110101 01101101 01110000 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000010 01100101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#117 &#109 &#112 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#66 &#101 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0075 006D 0070 0069 006E 0067      0042 0065 0061 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

44877982758073236716780

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Jumping Bean"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtManninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg

English

Dictionary, Definition, TranslationSostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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