1
: a cloth bag partially filled typically with dried beans and used as a toy
2
: any of various pellet-filled bags used as furniture (such as a chair) or household articles (such as an ashtray base)
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These playful pieces of furniture emerged on the design scene in the late 1960s when Italy’s Zanotta Design commissioned Cesare Paolini, Piero Gatti, and Franco Teodoro to design the first beanbag chair.
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Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
Wildlife managers used tactics including drones, beanbags, diversionary feeding, deterrent fences and round-the-clock field presence, but the wolves persisted in killing cattle, the DFW said.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Officers then tried to subdue him with less-lethal beanbag rounds and a K-9 unit, but those attempts were unsuccessful.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Deputies armed with weapons loaded with beanbag rounds entered the home through a garage door and confronted the man in the living room, officials said.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
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Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
Wildlife managers used tactics including drones, beanbags, diversionary feeding, deterrent fences and round-the-clock field presence, but the wolves persisted in killing cattle, the DFW said.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Officers then tried to subdue him with less-lethal beanbag rounds and a K-9 unit, but those attempts were unsuccessful.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Deputies armed with weapons loaded with beanbag rounds entered the home through a garage door and confronted the man in the living room, officials said.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Beanbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beanbag. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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beanbag
noun
bean·bag
ˈbēn-ˌbag 
1
: a cloth bag usually filled with dried beans and used in many games
2
: a bag filled with pellets that is used as a chair
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