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beetle
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beetle
Noun
  • Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
  • A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts. uncountable
  • Alternative letter-case form of Beetle ‎(“car”)
Verb
  • To move away quickly, to scurry away.
Adjective
  • Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)
Verb
  • To loom over; to extend or jut.
Noun
  • A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
  • A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
Verb
  • To beat with a heavy mallet.
  • To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
Beetle
Noun
  • A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011)