Word: Beetle
How to pronounce: biːtl
Noun
Definitions:
1. An insect of an order distinguished by forewings typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra) that cover and protect the hind wings and abdomen.
Example sentences: "Among all the insects only beetles have these specialized fore-wings."
Verb
Definitions:
1. Make one's way hurriedly or with short, quick steps.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for tasks such as ramming, crushing, and driving wedges; a maul.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Ram, crush, or drive with a beetle.
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. (of a rock or a person's eyebrows) be prominent or overhanging.
Example sentences: "His eyebrows beetled with irritation"
Adjective
Definitions:
1. (of a person's eyebrows) shaggy and projecting.
Example sentences: "Thick beetle brows"
Synonyms:
click beetle
elater
bug
chafer
cockroach
mallet
Derivations:
beetling
beetled
beet
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Beetle in Other Languages...
Spanish: Escarabajo
German: Käfer
French: Coléoptères
Italian: Coleottero
Turkish: Böcek
