BEETLES
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Definition
noun
- A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011)
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.
- 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.
verb
- To move away quickly, to scurry away.“He beetled off on his vacation.”
verb
- To loom over; to extend or jut.“The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.”
noun
- 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.
verb
- To beat with a heavy mallet.
- To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.“to beetle cotton goods”
Source: Wiktionary
