Dictionary definition for: Beetle
1. (n) insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
2. (v) be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
3. (s) jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
4. (n) 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
5. (v) fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase" "They beetled off home"
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