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beeline

/ˈbiːlaɪn/

beeline noun: a very direct or quick path or trip.

Noun

beeline (plural beelines)

  1. A very direct or quick path or trip.
    • to make / strike a beeline for / to something
    • The children made a beeline to the swimming pool.
  2. (historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.

Verb

beeline (third-person singular simple present beelines, present participle beelining, simple past and past participle beelined)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.
    • A uniformed policeman came off the elevator and beelined for the nurse's station. I beelined into the stairwell. I wasn't in the mood for chatting with the police.2002, Tim Cockey, Hearse of a Different Color, Hachette Books, →ISBN
    • Suddenly, a woman beelines to the president, climbs to join him on his platform, —there’s no security around to stop her and leans in for a kiss.2009 November 24, Simon Dumenco, “Oriole Kooky”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

beeline meaning in Tamil and Bengali

beeline in Tamil

நேர்க்கோடு

beeline in Bengali

মৌমাছির মতো সরাসরি পথ

Forms of beeline

Noun
pluralbeelines
alternative formbee-line
Verb
third-person singular presentbeelines
present participlebeelining
past participlebeelined
pastbeelined

Origin of beeline

From bee + line, due to the belief that a bee returns to its hive in a straight course, originally an Americanism.

Words that rhyme with beeline

Questions about beeline

What does beeline mean?
Beeline means a very direct or quick path or trip.
What is beeline in Tamil?
Beeline in Tamil is நேர்க்கோடு. See Beeline meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is beeline?
Beeline can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce beeline?
Beeline is pronounced /ˈbiːlaɪn/.
What is the plural of beeline?
The plural of beeline is beelines.

Words near beeline in the dictionary

  1. Beeler
  2. Beelers
  3. beeless
  4. beelessness
  5. beelike
  6. beeline
  7. beelined
  8. beelines
  9. beeling
  10. beelings
  11. beelining

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: beeline (page history and authors); beeline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beeline (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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