Word Meaning

beetle definition and meaning

v. t. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
v. t. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.
v. t. To beat with a heavy mallet.
v. t. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
v. t. Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
v. i. To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.

Crossword clues for beetle

- Borer or weevil
- Glow worm, say
- Glow-worm, say
- Glowworm, say
- Hard winged insect
- hard-winged insect
- Insect Down
- Insect type
- Ladybird, say
- Scarab
- The Spanish follow up on vegetable bug
- Type of insect