beastie
/ˈbiːsti
/noun (plural beasties) Scottish or humorous
1An insect or other small animal: our immune systems are killing millions of wee beasties...
- It was very nice indeed but I have to fight the urge to be TOO tidy, so the wee bugs and beasties have somewhere to overwinter.
- The simplest approach is to hold that there are three: animals, plants, and wee beasties.
- Despite my love of beasties generally, the larvae of the gooseberry sawfly are top of my hit list at the moment.
1.1 [with adjective] informal A vehicle or device of a specified kind: these little beasties only have three wheels...
- Of course, being the rapacious little beastie it is, the site always needs more submissions - get scribbling today and give my creative juices a rest!
- This angular beastie uses its heat-ray vision to break out of its corral, and then accompanies the heroes on their quest.
- Unless they've some magical beastie to use for it, they've no choice but to move her by horse, wagon, or afoot.
Rhymes
- narrowly
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedly
- narrow-mindedness
- narrow money
- narrow-mouthed
- narrow-necked
- narrowness
- narrow-range
- Narrows
- narrow seas
- narrow-sighted
- narrow something down
- narrow-souled
- narrow-spirited
- narrow squeak
- narrow wares
- narrow weaver
- narrow work
- narsarsukite
- narthecal
- narthex
- narvesh
- Narvik
- narvish