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BNC: 40528 COCA: 37365

beanpole

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
beanpole /ˈbiːnˌpoʊl/ noun
plural beanpoles
beanpole
/ˈbiːnˌpoʊl/
noun
plural beanpoles
Learner's definition of BEANPOLE
[count] informal + humorous
: a tall and thin person瘦高的人;瘦高个
BNC: 40528 COCA: 37365

beanpole

noun

bean·​pole ˈbēn-ˌpōl How to pronounce beanpole (audio)
1
: a pole up which bean vines may climb
2
: a tall thin person

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Michalski used to be just another southern Indiana beanpole. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022 With four senior starters, much was expected of Loyola, whose tallest player, Jack Cummings, stood 6-foot-2, a beanpole for the times. Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022 Peter is a slender beanpole who dresses in black and white and – gasp – sneakers, and crafts fragile flowers out of paper. Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2021 Before his brother sprouted like a beanpole early in high school, soon to evolve into a 7-footer with skills unlike other players his size, Isaiah was once the imposing Mobley. Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021 Adam Trautman was a 6-foot-4, 176-pound beanpole then, a high school quarterback desperately trying to catch the attention of college recruiters, most of whom couldn’t find the northern Michigan town of Elk Rapids with a map. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2020 Slimane chooses models that mimic the beanpole physique from back in the day when serving sizes were smaller, working out was not part of a wellness routine and amphetamines were popped like gumdrops. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2020 Here Ocasek, in his usual Roy Orbison-as-beanpole getup, became a visual motif and a special effect, popping up in a woman’s life in the form of a King Kong, a coat hanger, a periscope in sunglasses, a housefly landing on her nose. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019 De Silvestri then drew a fantastic save from Handanović, after unleashing a spinning volley from a Ljajić free-kick, only to see the Slovenian beanpole spring into action a tip the ball over the bar. SI.com, 8 Apr. 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of beanpole was circa 1749
BNC: 40528 COCA: 37365

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