spelling bee

noun

Definition of spelling bee

: a spelling contest in which contestants are eliminated as soon as they misspell a word

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Schaefer, a former Denver Public Schools teacher, agreed to continue shepherding the district’s semantics program — where spelling bees are organized, studied for and executed — after his retirement in the early 1990s. — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, "“Bill’s kids”: A 77-year-old Denverite has dedicated his life to coaching spelling for free “out of the goodness of his heart”," 10 June 2019 Environment’ was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news. — Deb Kiner | Dkiner@pennlive.com, oregonlive, "Earth Day will be 50 years old in 2020," 22 Apr. 2019 That allowed the Obsessives a chance to dig up more material on the spelling bee website, while letting those with Lives to enter the contest without extensive research. — Washington Post, "The Style Invitational Empress on this week’s contest and results," 3 July 2019 Journal fashion columnist Jacob Gallagher says stylish men are starting to carry their phones on lanyards around their necks, like name tags on spelling bee contestants. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "Heaven is an Ugly Summer Shoe," 12 July 2019 In the fourth grade, Saketh Sundar didn’t know what a spelling bee was. — Jess Nocera, baltimoresun.com, "Howard County celebrates its national spelling bee champion, middle schooler Saketh Sundar," 13 June 2019 Fun fact: Swift actually competed in spelling bees as a child. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "Taylor Swift Planted So Many Easter Eggs in Her 'ME!' Video," 26 Apr. 2019 What was the starting point for South Asian-American success at spelling bees? — Samarth Bhaskar, New York Times, "Why Have So Many South Asian-Americans Won the Spelling Bee?," 1 June 2018 John Scherer as Vice Principal Douglas Panch, a man on the edge trying to come back from a melt-down at a spelling bee five years ago, is hilarious in that role - and as one of Logainne's Type-A gay dads. — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, ""The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is poignant and F-U-N (review)," 21 Apr. 2018

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spelling bee

noun

English Language Learners Definition of spelling bee

chiefly US : a contest in which contestants spell words aloud and are removed from the contest when they spell a word wrong

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