Usually means: Direct, straight path towards goal.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. beeline: Merriam-Webster
  2. beeline: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beeline: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. beeline: Collins English Dictionary
  5. beeline: Vocabulary.com
  6. Beeline, beeline: Wordnik
  7. beeline: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. beeline: Wiktionary
  9. beeline: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. beeline: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. beeline: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. beeline: Dictionary.com
  13. beeline: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Beeline (beekeeping), Beeline (brand), Beeline (software company), Beeline (telecommunications), Beeline: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. beeline: Rhymezone
  16. beeline: FreeDictionary.org
  17. beeline: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. beeline: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. beeline: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  20. beeline: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. beeline: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. beeline: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (beeline)

▸ noun:  A very direct or quick path or trip.
▸ 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.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.

Similar:
fast track, glide path, byrunning, express elevator, railroad, stream, go-by, beam, switchback, runaround, more...

Opposite:
meandering, winding, circuitous

Types:
direct, straight, unswerving, more...

Phrases:
make a beeline for, make a beeline, made a beeline, more...

Adjectives:
direct, immediate, quick, straight, usual, rapid, swift, slow, sudden, hasty, determined

Colors:
    yellow,     black,     gold,     honey,     amber, more...



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Similar:
fast track, glide path, byrunning, express elevator, railroad, stream, go-by, beam, switchback, runaround, more...

Opposite:
meandering, winding, circuitous

Types:
direct, straight, unswerving, more...

Phrases:
make a beeline for, make a beeline, made a beeline, more...

Adjectives:
direct, immediate, quick, straight, usual, rapid, swift, slow, sudden, hasty, determined

Colors:
    yellow,     black,     gold,     honey,     amber, more...



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