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toe bean

toe bean

7.8
Soft, round pads under a cat's or dog's paw that look like small beans
  • noun
  • /toʊ biːn/
  • Slang
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  • The veterinarian checked the kitten's toe beans for any injuries.

Examples

  • My cat hates when anyone touches her toe beans.

  • He posted a picture of his puppy’s pink toe beans online.

  • My cat has the cutest toe beans!

  • Look at those tiny toe beans on her paws.

  • He posted a picture of his puppy’s pink toe beans online.

  • The veterinarian checked the kitten's toe beans for any injuries.

  • My cat hates when anyone touches her toe beans.

Synonyms

pad
vstoe bean
9 3.0

The soft cushion under an animal's foot or at the tip of a finger

is a small bean-shaped cushion found only under cat or dog paws

How Soft

toe bean
  • Slang
7.8
hoof
73 1.4

Surface Forms

toe bean singular
toe beans plural

Morphology

toe + bean

The compound maps a familiar noun 'toe' with a playful metaphor 'bean' (small, rounded object), so a learner who knows those words can infer it refers to a small bean‑shaped part of a paw. Because the reference to the soft pad of a cat/dog paw is metaphorical and somewhat culture- or register-specific, the meaning is inferable but not fully predictable, making it partially transparent.

Etymology

Toe bean is a playful name for the soft pads under a cat's or dog's paw. People named them with toe and bean because each little pad looks like a tiny bean, so 'toe bean' now means those soft 'paw pads'.