1. n. A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011)
2. n. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
3. n. A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
4. n. alternative case form of Beetle car
5. v. To move away quickly, to scurry away.
He beetled off on his vacation.
6. adj. Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)
7. v. To loom over; to extend or jut.
The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
8. n. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
9. n. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
10. v. To beat with a heavy mallet.
11. v. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
to beetle cotton goods
scarab
scarab
1. n. The species of beetle, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
2. n. Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
3. n. A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.
1. n. A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
2. n. More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
3. n. (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent.Sea serpent at Wikipedia
4. n. (fantasy, science fiction) Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless),Dragon (Middle-earth) at Wikipedia a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.Sandworm (Dun
5. n. A contemptible or devious being.
Don't try to run away, you little worm!
6. n. (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network.
7. n. (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
8. n. Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
9. n. A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
10. n. The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
11. n. (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
12. n. The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
13. n. A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
14. n. (obsolete) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
15. n. (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
16. n. (math) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
17. n. (anatomy) The lytta.
18. v. To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
We wormed our way through the underbrush.
19. v. (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
20. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.
21. v. (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
He wormed his way into the organization
22. v. To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.
23. v. (transitive figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
24. v. (transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
25. v. To deworm (an animal).
26. v. To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
27. v. To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
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