beebee

English

Etymology 1

Noun

beebee (plural beebees)

1. (India) Alternative form of bibi

Etymology 2

Phonetic respelling of BB.

Noun

beebee (plural beebees)

1. A ball bearing.
   • 1995, N. S. Thompson, Perspectives in Ethology, volume 11, page 29:

     Flicking beebees across the visual field of a frog will increase its rate of tongue-flicking, but one should not infer from this experimental result that a function of frog tongue flicking is to catch beebees.

   • 2001, Carl Bilicska, Vengeance, page 35:

     They were rising from the ground; a swarm of angry bees encircling him in a cloud. As he swung his arms, he felt them bouncing off like tiny beebees. The swarm was, for now, content to hum around him without biting, but reality bit, and fear was born anew.