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Beetle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Beetle? [n] insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings [n] 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 [adj] jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows" [v] beat with a beetle [v] fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home" [v] be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Beetle: beetling \| mallet \| overhang \| protrusive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Beetle: arachnid \| arthropod \| beetle-browed \| beetling \| bug \| caterpillar \| centipede \| chilopod \| daddy longlegs \| digester \| diplopod \| fly \| hang out \| hang over \| harvestman \| hexapod \| impend \| impend over \| impendent \| impending \| incumbent \| insect \| jut \| jutting \| larva \| lean over \| lowering \| macerator \| maggot \| masher \| millepede \| millipede \| mite \| nymph \| overhang \| overhanging \| overhung \| pending \| poke \| potato masher \| pouch \| pout \| project \| project over \| projecting \| protrude \| pulp machine \| pulper \| pulpifier \| scorpion \| smasher \| spider \| stand out \| superincumbent \| tarantula \| thrust over \| tick See Also \| bark beetle \| beat \| blister beetle \| carabid beetle \| carpenter's mallet \| carpet beetle \| carpet bug \| chrysomelid \| clerid \| clerid beetle \| Coleoptera \| deathwatch \| deathwatch beetle \| elater \| elaterid \| elaterid beetle \| firefly \| gavel \| go \| ground beetle \| hammer \| hang \| insect \| lady beetle \| ladybeetle \| ladybird \| ladybird beetle \| ladybug \| lamellicorn beetle \| leaf beetle \| lightning bug \| locomote \| long-horned beetle \| longicorn \| longicorn beetle \| meloid \| move \| order Coleoptera \| rove beetle \| tiger beetle \| travel \| water beetle \| weevil \| whirligig beetle \| Xestobium rufovillosum Beetle In Webster's Dictionary \Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), n. [OE. betel, AS. b[=i]tl, b?tl, mallet, hammer, fr. be['a]tan to beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. 2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also {beetling machine}. --Knight. \Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beetled} (-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beetling}.] 1. To beat with a heavy mallet. 2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods. \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr. b[imac]tan to bite. See {Bite}, v. t.] Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See {Coleoptera}. {Beetle mite} (Zo["o]l.), one of many species of mites, of the family {Oribatid[ae]}, parasitic on beetles. {Black beetle}, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}). \Bee"tle\, v. i. [See {Beetlebrowed}.] To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut. To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea. --Shak. Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. --Wordsworth.

Beetle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beetle?

[n] insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
[n] 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
[adj] jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
[v] beat with a beetle
[v] fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
[v] be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Beetle: beetling | mallet | overhang | protrusive

Beetle In Webster's Dictionary

\Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), n. [OE. betel, AS. b[=i]tl, b?tl,
mallet, hammer, fr. be['a]tan to beat. See {Beat}, v. t.]
1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering
   process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; --
   called also {beetling machine}. --Knight.


\Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beetled}
(-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beetling}.]
1. To beat with a heavy mallet.

2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle
   or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.


\Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr.
b[imac]tan to bite. See {Bite}, v. t.]
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the
outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when
they are folded up. See {Coleoptera}.

{Beetle mite} (Zo["o]l.), one of many species of mites, of
   the family {Oribatid[ae]}, parasitic on beetles.

{Black beetle}, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta
   orientalis}).


\Bee"tle\, v. i. [See {Beetlebrowed}.]
To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang;
to jut.

      To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er
      his base into the sea.                   --Shak.

      Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime.
                                               --Wordsworth.

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