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beeline
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As a noun, beeline means a very direct or quick path or trip. As a verb, it means travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.
Meanings of beeline
4 meaningsnoun
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.”
miningchiefly historicalA 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.
The most direct routelocation
“he made a beeline for the bathroom”
verb
To travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).