What is "beetle" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does beetle mean in English? Meaning of beetle definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "beetle" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "beetle": insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

Noun

  • Meaning: insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
  • Synonyms: beetle
  • Hyponyms: anoplophora glabripennis asian longhorned beetle bark beetle blister beetle carabid beetle carpet beetle carpet bug chrysomelid clerid clerid beetle deathwatch deathwatch beetle elater elaterid elaterid beetle firefly ground beetle lady beetle ladybeetle ladybird ladybird beetle ladybug lamellicorn beetle leaf beetle lightning bug long-horned beetle longicorn longicorn beetle meloid rove beetle tiger beetle water beetle weevil whirligig beetle xestobium rufovillosum
  • Hypernyms: insect
  • Meaning of "beetle": be suspended over or hang over

    Verb

  • Meaning: be suspended over or hang over
  • Example: This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
  • Synonyms: beetle overhang
  • Hypernyms: hang
  • Meaning of "beetle": jutting or overhanging

    Adjective

  • Meaning: jutting or overhanging
  • Example: beetle brows
  • Synonyms: beetle beetling
  • Similar: protrusive
  • Meaning of "beetle": 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

  • Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: beetle mallet
  • Hyponyms: carpenter's mallet gavel
  • Hypernyms: hammer
  • Meaning of "beetle": fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle

    Verb

  • Meaning: fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
  • Example: He beetled up the staircase They beetled off home
  • Synonyms: beetle
  • Hypernyms: go locomote move travel
  • Meaning of "beetle": beat with a beetle

    Verb

  • Meaning: beat with a beetle
  • Synonyms: beetle
  • Hypernyms: beat
  • Adjective: 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.(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. 1944, Queen's Nurses' Magazine (volumes 33-35, page 12) Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.1944, Queen's Nurses' Magazine (volumes 33-35, page 12) Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.
  • Synonyms:

    pest, vermin, louse, ant, flea, gnat, cootie, protrude, swell, sag, bloat, distend, poke, dilate, balloon, bilge, enlarge, extrude, bag, belly, jut, billow, expand, pouch, protuberate, overhang, blob, stand out, stick out, bug out, pop out, puff out, hover, flap, pin, drift, float, cover, dangle, lean, wave, bend, attach, remain, drape, decorate, swing, hold, stick, flop, deck, sag, rest, nail, adhere, depend, droop, fix, loll, lop, cling, overhang, impend, trail, tack, lower, incline, drop, bow, project, fasten, furnish, stay up, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, be pendent, be poised, tick, vermin, pest, mite, bee, fly, louse, arachnid, butterfly, gnat, dragonfly, moth, grasshopper, spider, cockroach, termite, ant, mosquito, flea, fruit fly, aphid, ladybug, cootie, bumblebee, bedbug, arthropod, hornet, daddy longlegs, praying mantis, yellowjacket, poke, impend, bulge, protuberate, lengthen, pop, elongate, project, protrude, pouch, overhang, stand out, stick out, incline, veer, drift, nod, tilt, recline, tip, slant, prop, twist, bow, cock, slope, curve, pitch, sag, rest, cant, decline, sheer, droop, careen, divert, roll, overhang, deflect, repose, jut, list, turn, place, dip, heel, sink, bear on, hang on, be off, be slanted, fasten on, put weight on, rest on, loom, extend, impend, portend, project, poke, command, jut, endanger, protrude, menace, pouch, threaten, stand out, stick out, tower above, overtop, be imminent, be suspended, cast a shadow, dangle over, droop over, flap over, rise above, swing over, extend, poke, pout, protuberate, lengthen, prolong, jut, protrude, overhang, stand out, stick out, be conspicuous, be prominent, hang over, pop out, push out, stretch out, thrust out, bulge, poke, distend, extrude, extend, point, pout, swell, pop, project, start, jut, obtrude, pouch, overhang, come through, stand out, jut out, butt out, shoot out, stick up, emerge, loom, stick out, bulge, bulk, jut, overhang, poke, pouch, project, protrude, attract attention, be distinct, be highlighted, be striking, catch the eye, protrude, poke, stand out, come through, extend, extrude, jut, obtrude, overhang, pouch, pout, project, push, show, outthrust, protend, bag, balloon, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, massive, overhang, poke, pouch, protrude, protuberate, sag, stand out, stick out, swell, oversize, bug out, pop out, puff out, distend, project, poke, dilate, sag, swell, bilge, enlarge, extrude, bag, bloat, overhang, blob, jut, billow, protrude, pouch, balloon, expand, belly, stand out, stick out, bug out, pop out, puff out,

    Antonyms:

    tighten, compress, lessen, abridge, shrink, contract, reduce, lower, cave in, depress, detach, disregard, straighten, release, loosen, unfasten, abandon, forget, remove, do, let go, separate, rise, shorten, indent, recede, cave in, depress, straighten, energize, increase, ascend, dislike, disregard, rise, forget, be active, not like, aid, assist, keep, help, save, shorten, abbreviate, cave in, keep, cave in, contract, shrink, keep, depress, sink, obscure, depress, compress, lessen, tighten, abridge, cave in, contract, deflate, shrink, reduce, lower,

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