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Definition of Doodlebug
1. Noun. A small motor vehicle.
2. Noun. A small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb.
3. Noun. The larva of any of several insects.
Group relationships: Genus Myrmeleon, Myrmeleon
Generic synonyms: Larva
Definition of Doodlebug
1. Noun. (informal) , (British) the V-1 flying bomb ¹
2. Noun. A term of endearment. ¹
3. Noun. (entomology) antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doodlebug
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doodlebug
Literary usage of Doodlebug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1912)
"ARE You A doodlebug?. A Treatise Upon Economics, Philosophy and Religion, by AG
MILLER, Ashville, NC Unless you are a socialist and believe that the ..."
2. Sharps and Flats by Eugene Field (1900)
"sighed a doodlebug who was a Witness to this Scene of Horror. "Nay, spare your
Sympathy," quoth the Disabled Worm, with a Smile of Confidence. ..."
3. E.K. Means ...: Is this a Title? It is Not. It is the Name of a Writer of by Eldred Kurtz Means (1918)
""He runs in eve'y race whut doodlebug has, Pap," Shin said easily enough, ...
"I bought him to beat yo' doodlebug!" "doodlebug is in de secont race to-day," ..."
4. The Capture, the Prison Pen, and the Escape: Giving a Complete History of by Willard Glazier (1870)
"... call him doodlebug, for piloting Burnside. "We also have an oyster man, who,
the officers discover, Was Union on the York but Secesh on James River. ..."
5. American English by Gilbert Milligan Tucker (1921)
"doodlebug—Kind of beetle, B. DOOM—To tax, P. DOUBLE (house)—Having rooms on each
side of entrance hall, 1768. DOUBLE-JADED, to ride—To ride with pillion, ..."
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