Beetle - Definition

beetle

adj 1: jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows" [syn: beetle,
beetling]
n 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 [syn:
mallet, beetle]
v 1: be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles
over the edge of the town" [syn: overhang, beetle]
2: fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the
staircase"; "They beetled off home"
3: beat with a beetle

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