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Noun: beetle beet(u)l- Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
- mallet
Verb: beetle beet(u)l- Be suspended over or hang over
"This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
- overhang - Fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
"He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home" - Beat with a beetle
Adjective: beetle beet(u)l- Jutting or overhanging
"beetle brows"
- beetling
Sounds like: betel Derived forms: beetles, beetled, beetling See also: protrusive Type of: beat, go, hammer, hang, insect, locomote, move, travel Part of: Coleoptera, order Coleoptera Encyclopedia: Beetle |