∙ 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)
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