| Beetle | |
| 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 | |
