Definitions for beetle

Definitions for (noun) beetle

Main entry: beetle

Definition: insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings


Main entry: mallet, beetle

Definition: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing


Definitions for (verb) beetle

Main entry: beetle

Definition: beat with a beetle


Main entry: beetle

Definition: fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

Usage: He beetled up the staircase; They beetled off home


Main entry: beetle, overhang

Definition: be suspended over or hang over

Usage: This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town


Definitions for (adj) beetle

Main entry: beetle, beetling

Definition: jutting or overhanging

Usage: beetle brows


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