Dictionary definition · beetle
noun
- insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- 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
- 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
adjective
- jutting or overhanging"beetle brows"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).