(Australia, New Zealand) An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.

Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy. / (stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by falling prices.

Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming. / (of eyes or a look) Bright and penetrating. / Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads. / Characterized by beads.

present participle of bead

(architecture) Decoration or ornamental molding resembling a string of beads or of a semicircular cross section. / The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors.

The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall. / (figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person. / (chiefly science fiction) A space elevator.

(idiomatic) To beat someone very severely.

One who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments.

(Britain, slang, dated, sometimes as a term of address) An old friend; an old chap or fellow.

Misspelling of maybe.