beeline
/ˈbiːlaɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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
To travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "to make / strike a beeline for / to something"
- "The children made a beeline to the swimming pool."
- "Discussing these and kindred topics they made a beeline across the back of the Customhouse and passed under the Loop Line bridge where a brazier of coke burning in front of a sentrybox or something like one attracted their rather lagging footsteps."
- "Hershie made a beeline for Thomas's table, not making eye-contact with the others — old-guard activists who still saw him as a tool of the war-machine."
- "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."
- "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."