different between beeline vs beeling

English

Alternative forms

• bee-line

Etymology

From bee +? line, due to the belief that a bee returns to its hive in a straight course.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?la?n/
• Rhymes: -i?la?n

Noun

beeline (plural beelines)

1. A very direct or quick path or trip.
   • , Episode 16

     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.

2. (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.

Translations

Verb

beeline (third-person singular simple present beelines, present participle beelining, simple past and past participle beelined)

1. To travel in a straight course, ignoring established paths of travel.

See also

• as the crow flies
• like a martin to his gourd

English

Etymology

From bee +? -ling.

Noun

beeling (plural beelings)

1. A small, young, or juvenile bee.
   • 1906, Harper's magazine - Volume 113 - Page 593:

     Herein must go an egg and food for the beeling that shall hatch therefrom.

Anagrams

• Ebeling