Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keen as a bean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: keen as a bean
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very keen; enthusiastic; eager.

Informal

Example Sentences

"2018 Alasdair Duncan, Here’s How To Improve Your Pitiful Uber Rating From Someone Who Did It Pedestrian, 17 September 2018. Accessed 4 May 2019. On my afternoon trip home, I struck a driver who seemed keen as a bean to get me to mash that five star rating – his Mitsubishi Outlander was stocked with mints and bottled water and he offered them all to me and even asked if I wanted to make any extra stops on the way home."

Etymology

Chosen for the rhyme.

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does keen as a bean mean?: Very keen; enthusiastic; eager.
Where does keen as a bean come from?: Chosen for the rhyme.

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