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Definition beetle

Etymology 1

From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, b?tel (“beetle”), from Proto-Germanic *bitulaz, *b?tilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite +‎ -le. Cognate with Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).

Noun

beetle (plural beetles)

1. 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.
2. (uncountable) 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.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”)

Verb

beetle (third-person singular simple present beetles, present participle beetling, simple past and past participle beetled)

1. To move away quickly, to scurry away.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bitel-brouwed (“beetle-browed”). Possibly after beetle, from the fact that some beetles have bushy antennae.

Adjective

beetle (comparative more beetle, superlative most beetle)

1. Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)

Verb

beetle (third-person singular simple present beetles, present participle beetling, simple past and past participle beetled)

1. To loom over; to extend or jut.

Etymology 3

Middle English betel, from Old English b?etel, akin to b?atan (“to beat”)

Noun

beetle (plural beetles)

1. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.

Verb

beetle (third-person singular simple present beetles, present participle beetling, simple past and past participle beetled)

1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

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