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Adjective
/ˈbētl/,
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beetles, plural;
  1. (of a person's eyebrows) Shaggy and projecting

Verb
  1. (of a person's eyebrows) Project or overhang threateningly
    • - piercing eyes glittered beneath a great beetling brow
Noun
  1. A tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for tasks such as ramming, crushing, and driving wedges; a maul

  2. A machine used for heightening the luster of cloth by pressure from rollers

  1. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
  2. jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
  3. overhang: be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
  4. fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
  5. mallet: 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
  6. beat with a beetle
  7. Beetles are the group of insects with the largest number of known species. They are classified in the order Coleoptera (from Greek κολεός, koleos, "sheath"; and πτερόν, pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing"), which contains more described species than in any other order in the animal kingdom, ...
  8. The Beetle ASIC is an analog readout chip. It is developed for the LHCb experiment at CERN.
  9. The Beetle is the name of two comic book characters owned by Marvel Comics who exist within the fictional Marvel Universe. It is also the name of the three versions of high tech armor used by five separate characters.
  10. Beetle is a British party game in which one draws a beetle in parts. The game may be played solely with pen, paper and a die or using a commercial game set, some of which contain custom scorepads and dice and others which contain pieces which snap together to make a beetle/bug. ...
  11. The Goliath tracked mine - complete German name: Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath (Sd.Kfz. 302/303a/303b) - was a remote controlled German-engineered demolition vehicle, also known as the beetle tank to Allies.
  12. Sonic Adventure 2 is a video game for the Dreamcast video game console with a similar port for the Nintendo GameCube named Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. It is the sequel to Sonic Adventure.
  13. 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; this sense?) Nickname of two models of car made by Volkswagen; To move away quickly, to scurry away; To loom over
  14. (Beetled) a finishing process in which a fabric usually linen or cotton is pounded to produce a hard flat surface with a sheen.
  15. (Beetles) Insects belonging to the order Coleoptera, characterised by biting mouth parts and thickened forewings forming elytra or covers that protect the hindwings.
  16. (Beetles) To dream of seeing them on your person, denotes poverty and small ills. To kill them is good.
  17. (Beetles) are insects that have made a few appearances throughout the Mario series. Enemies found in Mario games called Buzzy Beetles and Buster Beetles don't resemble normal beetles, despite their name, but more like Koopa Troopas instead.
  18. Seeing beetles in a dream signifies arguments with friends or loved ones while killing these insects shows that any difficulties will soon be put right.
  19. A heavy round wooden mallet using to drive in wedges in carpentry work.
  20. given by A.V. (Leviticus 11:22) as an equivalent for Hebrew, árbéh, does not meet the requirements of the context: "Hath the legs behind longer wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth", any more than the bruchus of D.V., some species of locust, the locusta migratoria being very likely intended.
  21. acro.  Battered Everywhere, Expect To Lose Engine.
  22. Heb. hargol , meaning "leaper"). Mention of it is made only in Lev 11:22, where it is obvious the word cannot mean properly the beetle. It denotes some winged creeper with at least four feet, "which has legs above its feet, to leap withal." The description plainly points to the locust (q.v.). ...
  23. Many families of 4-winged insects (including hundreds of species worldwide) in which only the second pair of wings is used for flying. The first pair is toughened and shortened and used only as covers for the second pair. ...
  24. n., adj. A BTL simsense chip or recording. From the acronym, "Better Than Life."
  25. Nick name for the Volkswagen (people's car) - due to the striking similarity between the VW Beetle's bodywork and the appearance of the insect "beetle" the name has been adopted throughout the world with Beetle in the USA and UK, Kafer in Germany and Coccinelle in France, etc.. ...