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Quick definitions from WordNet (beetle)
▸ noun: insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
▸ noun: 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
▸ verb: fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle ("He beetled up the staircase")
▸ verb: beat with a beetle
▸ verb: be suspended over or hang over ("This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town")
▸ adjective: jutting or overhanging ("Beetle brows")
▸ Also see beetling
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▸ noun: insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
▸ noun: 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
▸ verb: fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle ("He beetled up the staircase")
▸ verb: beat with a beetle
▸ verb: be suspended over or hang over ("This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town")
▸ adjective: jutting or overhanging ("Beetle brows")
▸ Also see beetling
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to beetle
▸ Usage examples for beetle
▸ Idioms related to beetle (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing beetle
▸ Popular nouns described by beetle
▸ Words that often appear near beetle
▸ Rhymes of beetle
▸ Invented words related to beetle