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beetle
('b/i/t/-/l )

noun (n)

  • insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings(noun.animal)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    mallet
    source: wordnet30
  • A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • jutting or overhanging(adj.all)
    Example:
    Beetle brows.
    Synonym:
    beetling
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • be suspended over or hang over(verb.stative)
    Example:
    This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town.
    Synonym:
    overhang
    source: wordnet30
  • fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle(verb.motion)
    Example:
    He beetled up the staircase.
    They beetled off home.
    source: wordnet30
  • beat with a beetle(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • To beat with a heavy mallet.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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