Definition of Beetle

1. Adjective. Jutting or overhanging. "Beetle brows"

Exact synonyms: Beetling
Similar to: Protrusive

2. Verb. Be suspended over or hang over. "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
Exact synonyms: Overhang
Generic synonyms: Hang
Derivative terms: Overhang

3. Noun. Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings.

4. Verb. Fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle. "They beetled off home"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel

5. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Mallet
Specialized synonyms: Carpenter's Mallet, Gavel
Generic synonyms: Hammer

6. Verb. Beat with a beetle.
Generic synonyms: Beat

Definition of Beetle

1. n. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

2. v. t. To beat with a heavy mallet.

3. n. 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.

4. v. i. To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.

Definition of Beetle

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Verb. To move away quickly, to scurry away. ¹

3. Verb. To loom over; to extend or jut. ¹

4. Noun. A type of mallet with a large wooden head. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beetle

1. to jut out [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Medical Definition of Beetle

1. 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, one of many species of mites, of the family Oribatidae, parasitic on beetles. Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blatta orientalis). Origin: OE. Bityl, bittle, AS. Btel, fr. Btan to bite. See Bite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beetle

beeswaxing
beeswing
beeswings
beet
beet-tongue
beet armyworm
beet blight
beet green
beet radish
beet radishes
beet root
beet sugar
beeted
beeth
beeting
beetle (current term)
beetle-browed
beetle-crusher
beetle-headed
beetle bank
beetle banks
beetle brow
beetle brows
beetle off
beetled
beetledness
beetlehead
beetleheads
beetlelike
beetler

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