Definitions for Benny
Benny
ben·ny
Spelling: [ben-ee]
IPA: /ˈbɛn i/
Benny is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 28 anagrams from letters in Benny (benny).
Definitions for Benny
noun
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Benzedrine, especially in tablet form.
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any amphetamine tablet.
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benne.
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Jack (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894–1974, U.S. comedian.
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a male given name, form of Benjamin.
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Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
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Benjamin David ("Benny") 1909–86, U.S. jazz clarinetist and bandleader.
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Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
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Betty (Lillie Mae Jones) 1930–98, U.S. jazz singer.
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Don(ald James) 1926–2012, U.S. bowler.
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(Eleanor) Rosalynn Smith [roh-zuh-lin] /ˈroʊ zə lɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. First Lady 1977–81 (wife of Jimmy Carter).
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Elliott (Elliott Cook Carter, Jr) 1908–2012, U.S. composer.
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Hodding [hod-ing] /ˈhɒd ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–72, U.S. journalist and publisher.
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Howard, 1873–1939, English Egyptologist.
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James Earl, Jr ("Jimmy") born 1924, 39th president of the U.S. 1977–81.
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Mrs. Leslie (Caroline Louise Dudley) 1862–1937, U.S. actress.
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Maybelle [mey-bel] /ˈmeɪˌbɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Mother Maybelle Carter") 1909–78, U.S. country-and-western singer and guitarist.
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Nick, pen name of authors who wrote detective-story series in which Nick Carter, created by John R. Coryell, is the main character.
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a male given name.
Origin of Benny
1950-55, Americanism; by alteration and shortening of Benzedrine; see -y2
Examples for Benny
In the white moonlight, she and benny looked as if they had been carved from stone.
Nellie was huddled against her mother, who sat, idle, with little benny in her arms.
Now benny lifted his head up, slapped his knee, and laughed so hard that he almost tumbled over backward.
Cavett was pointing at benny and looking into the camera, as if to say to the audience at home: Can you believe this?
benny came running in, all out of breath, and said you wished to see us at once.
How many benny Hill scenes involved the creepy, portly man zooming about perilously near an unfathomably stacked woman?
Their sickness was the hand of God, but benny just ain't had enough to eat.
Before the corn was in tassel, he had been laid beside benny.
The law professor, benny Tai, urged the students to “retreat and take the spirit of the Umbrella Movement into the community.”
He loved the swing music played by big bands, and his heroes included benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Earl Hines.