beetle

/bˈitəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
2. 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

adjective

1. jutting or overhanging
   “beetle brows”

verb

1. be suspended over or hang over
   “This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town”
2. fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
   “He beetled up the staircase”
3. beat with a beetle

Synonyms for beetle

• mallet
• beetling
• protrusive
• overhang

Words that rhyme with beetle

• fetal
• varietal
• avital
• beatle
• cheetal
• dietel