Synonyms: beetle
Definition: insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
Similar words: insect
Definition: small air-breathing arthropod
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
Similar words: hammer
Definition: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
Synonyms: beetle
Definition: beat with a beetle
Synonyms: beetle
Definition: fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
Usage: He beetled up the staircase; They beetled off home
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Definition: be suspended over or hang over
Usage: This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
Definition: jutting or overhanging
Usage: beetle brows
Similar words: protrusive
Definition: thrusting outward