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Definition of Beeline
1. Noun. The most direct route. "He made a beeline for the bathroom"
Definition of Beeline
1. Noun. A very direct or quick path or trip. ¹
2. Noun. (mining chiefly 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. ¹
3. Verb. To travel in a straight course, ignoring established paths of travel. To take a shortcut. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beeline
1. to go quickly in a direct course [v -LINED, -LINING, -LINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beeline
Literary usage of Beeline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"For example, three horses shall be put to cabriolets, and till six to the beeline,
but as it should not be possible, to put a horse en ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"... I have seen on several occasions a Sparrow pursue, capture, and eat piecemeal
a cicada, which is a swift insect that takes a beeline course. ..."
3. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"Blaine made a hobbling beeline for the sideboard and picked up the Jim Beam Apollo
8 commemorative decanter that Adam kept full of Bushmills 1608 and poured ..."
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