beeline
/ˈbiːlʌɪn
/noun
A straight line between two places.James kept walking toward the front of the school in a straight beeline for their rented silver Nissan Altima....
- He zoomed in and out of the slower traffic, making a direct beeline for the USS Golden Phoenix.
- The beeline sidewalk that shot straight up to the front door was ripped out and replaced by a gently curving, gently climbing brick-lined path.
Phrases
make a beeline for
Origin
Early 19th century: with reference to the straight line supposedly taken instinctively by a bee when returning to the hive.
Rhymes
- irreverent
- irreverential
- irreverently
- irreversibility
- irreversible
- irreversible binomial
- irreversibly
- irrevocability
- irrevocable
- irrevocably
- irrigable
- irrigate
- irrigation
- irrigation area
- irrigative
- irrigator
- irritability
- irritable
- irritable bowel syndrome
- irritably
- irritainment
- irritancy
- irritant
- irritate
- irritated