beetling
Meaning of beetling
- (of a rock or a person's eyebrows) prominent or overhanging.
piercing eyes glittered beneath a great beetling brow
mid 18th century: from beetle3 + -ing2.
verb, gerund or present participle- make one's way hurriedly.
the tourist beetled off
Old English bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’.
verb, gerund or present participle- 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, gerund or present participle- (of a rock or a person's eyebrows) be prominent or overhanging.
his eyebrows beetled with irritation
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 beetling
- The plural form of beetling is: beetlings.
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Hyphenation of beetling
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- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- beetling is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
beetling synonyms
Meaning 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:
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