Unscramble beetles

Definition of beetle

adjective:

• jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows". Synonyms: beetling.

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. Synonyms: mallet.

verb:

• be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town". Synonyms: overhang.
• fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase", "They beetled off home".
• beat with a beetle.

Related words

chrysomelid, clerid, deathwatch, elater, elaterid, firefly, gavel, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybug, longicorn, meloid, weevil.

Rhymes with

fetal, varietal.