Meanings
beebee1
beebee2
plural beebees
- A ball bearing.
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.
1995, N. S. Thompson, Perspectives in Ethology, volume 11, page 291 more example
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.
2001, Carl Bilicska, Vengeance, page 35
Origin
Phonetic respelling of BB.
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