beetle
see also: Beetle
Pronunciation Noun
Beetle
Noun
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see also: Beetle
Pronunciation Noun
beetle (plural beetles)
- Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
- 1944, Queen's Nurses' Magazine (volumes 33-35, page 12)
- Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.
- 1944, Queen's Nurses' Magazine (volumes 33-35, page 12)
- Alternative letter-case form of Beetle#English|Beetle (“car”)
- (insect) bug (U.S. colloquial)
- French: scarabée
- German: Käfer
- Italian: coleottero, scarabeo
- Portuguese: escaravelho, besouro
- Russian: жук
- Spanish: escarabajo
beetle (beetles, present participle beetling; past beetled, past participle beetled)
- To move away quickly, to scurry away.
- He beetled off on his vacation.
beetle
- Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)
beetle (beetles, present participle beetling; past and past participle beetled)
- To loom over; to extend or jut.
- The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene 4]:
- To the dreadful summit of the cliff / That beetles o'er his base into the sea.
- Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime.
beetle (plural beetles)
- A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
- French: mailloche
- German: Holzhammer
beetle (beetles, present participle beetling; past and past participle beetled)
- To beat with a heavy mallet.
- To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
- to beetle cotton goods
Beetle
Noun
beetle (plural beetles)
- A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011)
- French: Coccinelle
- German: Käfer
- Italian: maggiolino
- Portuguese: fusca (Brazil), carocha (Portugal)
- Russian: Фольксваген Жук
- Spanish: escarabajo, Vocho (Mexico)
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