noun Download 🔗Share A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011) Examples : "My grandfather's favorite car was a classic Beetle. " vehicle machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The beetle crawled slowly across the windowpane. " insect animal biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "My younger brother loves to play the beetle game at school during recess. " game entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move away quickly, to scurry away. Examples : "He beetled off on his vacation." action animal nature insect way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To loom over; to extend or jut. Examples : "The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof." appearance structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.) Examples : "The old man had a beetle brow, casting his eyes in shadow. " appearance body anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. Examples : "The construction worker used a heavy beetle to hammer the paving stones into place. " utensil work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine. Examples : "The cotton mill used a large beetle to flatten and smooth the newly woven fabric, giving it a polished finish. " machine industry technology process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To beat with a heavy mallet. Examples : "The carpenter beetle-d the wooden plank to shape it for the new bookshelf. " action utensil work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine. Examples : "to beetle cotton goods" machine process industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
