bee
bee /biː/
noun [countable]
1. a black and yellow flying insect that makes honey and can sting you:
a swarm of bees
a bee sting ⇨ bumblebee
2. have a bee in your bonnet (about something) informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it:
Dad’s got a bee in his bonnet about saving electricity.
3. sewing/quilting etc bee American English informal an occasion when people, usually women, meet in order to do a particular type of work
4. a busy bee spoken someone who enjoys being busy or active
5. be the bee’s knees spoken old-fashioned to be very good:
She thought the party was just the bee’s knees.
⇨ spelling bee, ⇨ the birds and the bees at bird(3)
bee /biː/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: beo
Origin: beo
1. a black and yellow flying insect that makes honey and can sting you:
2. have a bee in your bonnet (about something) informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it:
3. sewing/quilting etc bee American English informal an occasion when people, usually women, meet in order to do a particular type of work
4. a busy bee spoken someone who enjoys being busy or active
5. be the bee’s knees spoken old-fashioned to be very good:
⇨ spelling bee, ⇨ the birds and the bees at bird(3)