Beetle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.
2. isim 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.

   “Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.”

3. isim Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).

   “For quotations using this term, see Citations:beetle.”

4. fiil To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.

   “He beetled off on his vacation.”

5. sıfat Protruding, jutting, overhanging.

   “beetle brows”

6. fiil To loom over; to extend or jut (above).

   “The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.”

7. isim A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
8. isim A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
9. fiil To beat with a heavy mallet.
10. fiil To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

    “to beetle cotton goods”

11. isim Archaic spelling of betel.

    “Scatter black sand, and offer camphor, sandal, flowers, beetle-leaves, and all sorts of fragrance.”

12. isim A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).