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beelines

beelines is the plural of beeline.

beelines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beeline.

Meaning of beeline

Noun

beeline (plural beelines)

  1. A very direct or quick path or trip.
    • to make / strike a beeline for / to something
  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.

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Questions about beelines

What is beelines the plural of?
Beelines is the plural of beeline.

Words near beelines in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beelines (page history and authors); beeline (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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