Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beebee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: bee-bee
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of bibi.

Indian usage

noun

A ball bearing.

Example Sentences

"Flicking beebees across the visual field of a frog will increase its rate of tongue-flicking, but one should not infer from this experimental result that a function of frog tongue flicking is to catch beebees."
"They were rising from the ground; a swarm of angry bees encircling him in a cloud. As he swung his arms, he felt them bouncing off like tiny beebees. The swarm was, for now, content to hum around him without biting, but reality bit, and fear was born anew."

Etymology

Phonetic respelling of BB.

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

beebees (plural)

Questions

What does beebee mean?: Alternative form of bibi.
Where does beebee come from?: Phonetic respelling of BB.

How to pronounce beebee

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