beetle
Meaning of beetle
noun
- an insect of a large order distinguished by having forewings that are typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra), which cover and protect the hindwings and abdomen.
- a dice game in which a picture of a beetle is drawn or assembled.
- make one's way hurriedly.
the tourist beetled off
Old English bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’.
noun- a very heavy mallet, typically with a wooden head, used for ramming, crushing, etc.
- a machine used for heightening the lustre of cloth by pressure from rollers.
- ram or crush with a beetle.
she stood in a shed, beetling grain for the fowl
- finish (cloth) with a beetle.
Old English bētel, of Germanic origin; related to beat.
verb- (of a rock or a person's eyebrows) be prominent or overhanging.
his eyebrows beetled with irritation
- (of a person's eyebrows) shaggy and projecting.
thick beetle brows
mid 16th century (as an adjective): back-formation from beetle-browed, first recorded in Middle English. The verb was apparently used as a nonce word by Shakespeare and was later adopted by other writers.
Information about beetle
- The plural form of beetle is: beetles.
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Hyphenation of beetle
bee-tle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- beetle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
beetle synonyms
Meaning beetling:
Meaning mallet:
Meaning overhang:
Meaning an insect of the order Coleoptera ; a beetle:
Meaning (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps:
Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:
Meaning a metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire:
Meaning move in an energetic and busy manner:
Meaning move or act with great haste:
Meaning move or travel hurriedly:
Meaning move with urgent haste:
Meaning compete with another or others to see who is fastest at covering a set course or achieving an objective:
Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:
Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:
Meaning pull (something) apart or to pieces with force:
Meaning hurl missiles repeatedly at:
Meaning fasten with a zip:
Meaning fasten with a belt:
Meaning extending outwards beyond something else; protruding:
Meaning sticking out; projecting:
Meaning important; famous:
Meaning hanging or extending outwards over something:
Meaning swelling outwards; protruding:
Meaning fat, round, or bulging:
Meaning hanging down or overhanging:
Translation of beetle
- German: Käfer
- French: coléoptère
- Portuguese: besouros
- Spanish: escarabajo, coleóptero
- Italian: coleottero
Words that rhyme with beetle
billbeetle, blackbeetle, dorbeetle, dorrbeetle, ladybeetle, leetle, reetle, wheetle, bietle, cotsetle
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