beetle
/ˈbiːtəl/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables
Beetle means: jutting or overhanging.
Synonyms for beetle5
noun, as in 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
verb, as in be suspended over or hang over
adjective, as in jutting or overhanging
What does beetle mean?6
adjective
jutting or overhanging“beetle brows”
noun
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
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
verb
be suspended over or hang over“This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town”
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle“He beetled up the staircase”
beat with a beetle
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with beetle?1
two syllables
Beetle in a sentence
- A tree affected by the bark beetle, like a rock, crumbles.AmarMecheri
- Although dung beetles eat poop, they don’t smell like anything.Amastan
- Like other insects, dung beetles have six legs.Amastan
- Was it not for dung beetles, the world would be covered in poop.Amastan
- Without the help of dung beetles, animal poop would swamp our lands.Amastan
- To control the propagation of heather in the area, local authorities released heather beetles.Amastan
- To stop the propagation of heather in the area, local authorities released heather beetles.Amastan
- Without dung beetles, there would be a lot more dung in nature.Amastan
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Forms of beetle
as a noun
- plural
- beetles
as a verb
- past tense
- beetled
- present participle
- beetling
- third-person singular
- beetles
- past participle
- beetled