/ˈbɛni/
OriginFrom ben(zedrine) + -y.
- plural-normally, slangAn amphetamine tablet.
“That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.”
“I've pitched pennies and downed bennies”
““Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?””
- UK, alt-of, slangAlternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”).
“BTW, you might like to see what happens to CM00-01 when one of your sticks of memory decides to have a benny:”
“'Like I told the police, I think she's just having a benny.'”
“"Stop having a benny, Liam." Gwen was getting agitated. Liam was failing miserably at his attempts to get Casey to back down.”
- US, alt-of, slangAlternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”).
- informalA benefit.
“Life in the bush was generally a bummer, an adverse experience, which was only rarely broken by the bennies, benefits like warm beer and letters from the World, the United States.”
“A benny of using an older modem is that it usually includes a good manual on the AT command set.”
“A "benny" of being curious and continuing to learn and grow is that you […]”
- dated, slangAn overcoat.
“[…] and figuring on where the engraved papers were going to come from that 'ud enable me to yank one of the bennies out of the eaves. Nobody ever saw me without an overcoat, and the right kind of an o”
“Horse-hide coats are common, but real "honest t' God" fur bennies are very, very scarce.”
- US, obsolete, slangA straw hat.
“If lil ole Souttland is goin’ to keep her dome up in the golf department, an’ I tip my benny to her right now, she must put the kibosh on gin-hoisting an’ lay a stymie to every saloon.”
- informalSynonym of eggs Benedict.
“Buffet fans can brunch until your heart's content at Westin Bayshore’s H2 Rotisserie & Bar, where the daily breakfast buffet features free-range eggs cooked to order, bennies, pancakes, waffles, smoke”
- British, slangA stupid or dull-witted person.
- British, slangA temper tantrum.
- British, slangA native of the Falkland Islands.
- US, slangA one-hundred-dollar bill.
“Money coming in plenty / Twenties, fifties and Bennies”
- countable, informal, uncountableSynonym of eggs Benedict.
“This special version of eggs Benedict will win the hearts of all the Benny fans out there.”
“This would definitely be a Becca-approved Benedict, which sings high praise. The girl knows her Bennys.”
- New-Jersey, Southern, slangA beach tourist; especially an irritating or gaudy one from Northern New Jersey, New York, or other states.
- slang, usuallyTo take amphetamines.
“Bulldog's habit of "bennying up" for the ball games had become a humorous item among the players.”
“He had been on the road that long and so bennied up.”
“"If you guys got any brains," the tired and bennied driver said, "you'll keep your sweet fannies t'hell out of it.”
- A nickname for a man named Benjamin.
- A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette.
- A surname.
- A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.
Formsbennies(plural) · bennies(present, singular, third-person) · bennying(participle, present) · bennied(participle, past) · bennied(past) · bennie(alternative) · Bennys(plural) · Bennies(plural)