[ˈbiːtl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an insect of a large order distinguished by having forewings that are typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra), which cover and protect the hindwings and abdomen

- a dice game in which a picture of a beetle is drawn or assembled


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’

[ˈbiːtl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make one's way hurriedly
(e.g: the tourist beetled off)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’

[ˈbiːtl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a very heavy mallet, typically with a wooden head, used for ramming, crushing, etc.

- a machine used for heightening the lustre of cloth by pressure from rollers


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bētel, of Germanic origin; related to beat

[ˈbiːtl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- ram or crush with a beetle
(e.g: she stood in a shed, beetling grain for the fowl)

- finish (cloth) with a beetle


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bētel, of Germanic origin; related to beat

[ˈbiːtl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a rock or a person's eyebrows) be prominent or overhanging
(e.g: his eyebrows beetled with irritation)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as an adjective): back-formation from beetle-browed, first recorded in Middle English. The verb was apparently used as a nonce word by Shakespeare and was later adopted by other writers

[ˈbiːtl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person's eyebrows) shaggy and projecting
(e.g: thick beetle brows)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as an adjective): back-formation from beetle-browed, first recorded in Middle English. The verb was apparently used as a nonce word by Shakespeare and was later adopted by other writers