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benny¹

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

noun bennies

  1. plural normally, slang An 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.

    Similar: bean

verb bennies · bennying · bennied

  1. slang, usually, with "up" To take amphetamines. Bulldog's habit of "bennying up" for the ball games had become a humorous item among the players.

benny²

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

From Benny.

noun bennies

  1. UK, slang Alternative 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:
  2. US, slang Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”).

benny³

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of benefit.

noun bennies · bennie

  1. informal A 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.

benny⁴

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

Unknown or disputed. Attested from the late 19th century. Possibly from benjamin, slang from the early 19th century for a type of greatcoat. Possibly in reference to Uncle Benny or Uncle Ben (“a pawnbroker”), who might accept coats during the warm summer months, though the latter slang term does not appear to be attested before 1920.

noun bennies

  1. dated, slang An 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 overcoat, […]
  2. US, obsolete, slang A 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.

benny⁵

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

Clipping of eggs Benedict.

noun bennies

  1. informal Synonym 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, smoked bacon, sausage links, seasonal fruit, freshly made pastries, and much more.

    Similar: eggs Benedict

Benny⁶

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

Clipping of Benjamin + -y.

proper noun Bennys · Bennies

  1. A nickname for a man named Benjamin.

Benny⁷

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

Clipping of Bernice or Bernadette.

proper noun Bennys · Bennies

  1. A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette.

Benny⁸

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

From the name of a dull-witted character, Benny Hawkins, in the British soap opera Crossroads. As a nickname for a Falkland Islander, possibly from their preference for woolly hats similar to those worn by the character.

noun Bennies

  1. UK, slang A stupid or dull-witted person.
  2. UK, slang A temper tantrum.
  3. UK, slang A native of the Falkland Islands.

    Similar: still

Benny⁹

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

From the name of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the bill.

noun Bennies

  1. US, slang A one-hundred-dollar bill. Money coming in plenty / Twenties, fifties and Bennies

Benny10

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

Clipping of eggs Benedict.

noun Bennys · Bennies

  1. countable, informal, uncountable Synonym of eggs Benedict. This special version of eggs Benedict will win the hearts of all the Benny fans out there.

    Similar: eggs Benedict

Benny11

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.

Benny12

  • /ˈbɛni/

Rhymes with -ɛni

Where it comes from

Uncertain, with myriad competing theories, some quite fanciful. Compare other mainly-Jersey Shore slang shoobie (“awkward beach tourist”).

noun Bennies · Bennys

  1. New Jersey, Southern, slang A beach tourist; especially an irritating or gaudy one from Northern New Jersey, New York, or other states.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: benne, benni, sesame, sesamum indicum, basil, built, penny, let, penney, bani, beni, bni, conniption, meltdown, outburst, wobbly

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@misc{benny_2026,
  title = {benny},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/benny},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}