beetle

Meanings

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"
  • "They beetled off home"
• beat with a beetle

Adjective Satellite

• jutting or overhanging
  • "beetle brows"

Synonyms

beetling, mallet, overhang