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Spelling bee   /spˈɛlɪŋ bi/   Listen
Spelling bee

noun
1.
A contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly.  Synonyms: spelldown, spelling contest.





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"Spelling bee" Quotes from Famous Books



... angle. When I say 'Shoot!' you, Nelson, and Hardy pull that rope so De Vronde swings about five feet clear of the ground! Be sure the rope is under his arms, too! Hey, you extra people—a little ginger there! This is a lynching not a spelling bee! Dance around some—yell! That's it. Now, all ready?" He blows the whistle. "Shoot!" he yells, "and gimme ...
— Kid Scanlan • H. C. Witwer


Words linked to "Spelling bee" :   competition, spelling contest, contest


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