beetle¹ /bēˈtl/

1. Any insect of the Coleoptera, an order in which the forewings are reduced to hard and horny covers for the hindwings
2. A game in which a drawing of a beetle is made up gradually from its component parts, body, head, etc, according to the throw of dice, the object being to produce a completed drawing
3. (esp with cap) a particular variety of small Volkswagen car with rounded roof and bonnet, resembling a beetle (informal)

1. To jut, to overhang (first found in Shakespeare)
2. To scurry (informal)

(always applied to brows) overhanging, scowling

beetˈling adjective

1. Jutting
2. Prominent
3. Overhanging

beetˈle-browed adjective

With overhanging or prominent brows

beetle brows plural noun

beetˈle-crusher noun (slang)

1. A big heavy foot or boot
2. A policeman
3. An infantryman

beetle drive noun

A progressive series of games of beetle

beetˈle-eyed adjective

Blind

beetle off

1. To hurry away like a beetle, scurry (informal)
2. To fly (RAF sl)

black beetle

The cockroach (properly not a beetle)

beetle² /bēˈtl/

1. A heavy wooden mallet used for driving wedges, crushing or beating down paving-stones, or the like
2. A wooden pestle-shaped utensil for mashing potatoes, beating linen, clothes, etc

beetˈlehead or beetˈlebrain noun

A heavy stupid person

beeˈtleheaded or beetˈlebrained adjective

• gasper
• gaspereau
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• gas-permeable
• gaspers
• gaspier
• gaspiest
• gaspiness
• gaspinesses
• gasping
• gaspingly
• gaspings
• gas pipe
• gas pipes
• gas-plant
• gas-plants
• gas plasma display
• gas poker
• gas pokers
• gasps
• gaspy
• gas-retort
• gas-retorts
• gas ring
• gas rings