beeline

Etymology

From bee + line, due to the belief that a bee returns to its hive in a straight course, originally an Americanism.

noun

1. A very direct or quick path or trip.
   to make / strike a beeline for / to something
   The children made a beeline to the swimming pool.
   Hershie made a beeline for Thomas's table, not making eye-contact with the others — old-guard activists who still saw him as a tool of the war-machine. 1998, Cory Doctorow, Super Man and the Bug Out
2. (mining, chiefly historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.

verb

1. To travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.
   A uniformed policeman came off the elevator and beelined for the nurse's station. I beelined into the stairwell. I wasn't in the mood for chatting with the police. 2002, Tim Cockey, Hearse of a Different Color, Hachette Books
   Suddenly, a woman beelines to the president, climbs to join him on his platform, —there’s no security around to stop her and leans in for a kiss. 2009-11-24, Simon Dumenco, “Oriole Kooky”, in The New York Times, →ISSN