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beanpole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbinˌpoʊl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From bean + pole.

Meanings

1. A thin pole for supporting bean vines.
2. (informal) A tall, thin person.
   • Youth worker Rob, 25, is 5’ 3” tall but measures 6’ 6” around his girth – just an inch less than the height of England’s beanpole striker Peter Crouch. 2012 March 7, Richard Smith, “I'm wider than I am tall: 35 stone Rob measures 6ft 6in around his waist”, in Daily Mirror, archived from the original on 16 May 2026:

Forms

Deriveds

beanpole family

Synonyms

bean-stick

Translations (62)

fr asperge (tall, thin person) · it palo (pole) · ga coinnleoir (tall, thin person) · pl tyczka (tall, thin person) · eo stangofiguro (tall, thin person) · ga ranglachán (tall, thin person) · yi לאַנגאָץ (tall, thin person) · eo fazeolstango (pole) · ga sciúirse (tall, thin person) · nl bonenstaak (pole) · fi salko (pole) · fi hernekeppi (tall, thin person) · ga léanscach (tall, thin person) · ga spídéalach (tall, thin person) · es espigado (tall, thin person) · hy չոփ (tall, thin person) · ru жердь (pole) · ga spíce (de dhuine) (tall, thin person) · fi tukikeppi (pole) · ga spreota (tall, thin person) · pl patyczak (tall, thin person) · ga pícealach (tall, thin person) · ga sreangán (tall, thin person) · ga feadóg (tall, thin person) · pl tyczka (pole) · pdt Schlaks (tall, thin person) · sh prȋtka (pole) · fr croquette (tall, thin person) · ga sparra fir (tall, thin person) · ga cuaille (tall, thin person) · ga dréimire fir (tall, thin person) · fr escogriffe (tall, thin person) · lzz ხაშარი (pole) · ru каланча (tall, thin person) · ru дылда (tall, thin person) · es larguirucho (tall, thin person) · yi דאַרער דראָנדזשאַק (tall, thin person) · hy չոփիկ (tall, thin person) · fi kuikelo (tall, thin person) · mk долгач (tall, thin person) · ga railse fir (tall, thin person) · de Bohnenstange (pole) · ga sreangaire (tall, thin person) · fr échalas (tall, thin person) · ga sínéalach (tall, thin person) · fi hongankolistaja (tall, thin person) · it spilungone (tall, thin person) · ga spícéad (tall, thin person) · ga spiacán (tall, thin person) · es zanquilargo (tall, thin person) · yi טיטשקע (pole) · ga clifeartach (tall, thin person) · lzz ხაჯკეტი (pole) · yi לאַנגער דראָנג (tall, thin person) · lzz ხოშკა (pole) · ga eilit (tall, thin person) · gl estaca (pole) · ga stráice fir (tall, thin person) · tr fasulye sırığı (pole) · de Bohnenstange (tall, thin person) · fi kukkakeppi (tall, thin person) · sh при̑тка (pole)