beetle

Meaning

Noun

1. 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. (uncountable) 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.
3. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).

Verb

To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.

Adj

Protruding, jutting, overhanging.

Verb

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

Verb

1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

Synonyms

bug

🐛

mallet

scarab

bee

🐝

maul

beetling

overhang

rammer

pestle

small insect

gavel

hammer

🔨

insect

bushy

beetling machine

bruise

hang

sledgehammer

bray

absquatulate

knob

mall

moth

worm

🪱

chrysalis

dash

💨

dangle

caterpillar

🐛

decamp

dense

bludgeon

cudgel

crush

crunch

idiot

cram

bumblebee

beat

commander

grub

coleoptera

grind

go off

fleet

cockroach

🪳

hinge on

club

feature

jut

droop

Translations

Käfer

🪲

escarabajo

🪲

scarabée

🪲

coleottero

besouro

🪲

scarabeo

σκαθάρι

kever

🪲

coléoptère

🪲

tor

🪲

escarabat

🪲

scarafaggio

🪳

schildvleugelige

coleopterum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbiːtəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bitle

Inherited from Old English: bitula

Cognate with Old High German: bicco

Cognate with Danish: bille

Cognate with Icelandic: bitil

Cognate with Faroese: bitil

Inherited from Middle English: bitel-brouwed

Inherited from Middle English: betel

Inherited from Old English: bȳtel

Cognate with Low German: Bötel

In summary

From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).