Definition of Beetle

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
  mallet
• insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
  

Verb

• beat with a beetle
  
• fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
  "He beetled up the staircase"
  "They beetled off home"
  
• be suspended over or hang over
  "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
  overhang

Adjective

• jutting or overhanging
  "beetle brows"
  beetling

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