Beetle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbiːtl|  American pronunciation of the word beetle
Brit.  |ˈbiːt(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word beetle

noun

- 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 (syn: mallet)

verb

- be suspended over or hang over (syn: overhang)
This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
- fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
He beetled up the staircase
They beetled off home
- beat with a beetle

adjective

- jutting or overhanging (syn: beetling)
beetle brows

Extra examples

He went beetling off down the corridor.

This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town

He beetled up the staircase

They beetled off home

Animals sharing this basic architecture may have no closer affinity than a beetle and a squid.

The beetle is thought to be a European import.

A beetle began to crawl laboriously up his leg.

The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle

Phrasal verbs

beetle off  — leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: beetle
he/she/it: beetles
present participle: beetling
past tense: beetled
past participle: beetled
noun
singular: beetle
plural: beetles
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