Found 3 items, similar to beetle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: beetle kumbang, menumbuk
English → English (WordNet) Definition: beetle beetle adj : jutting or overhanging; “beetle brows” [syn: beetling] beetle n 1: insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings 2: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing [syn: mallet] beetle v 1: be suspended over or hang over; “This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town” [syn: overhang] 2: fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; “He beetled up the staircase”; “They beetled off home” 3: beat with a beetle
English → English (gcide) Definition: Beetle Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr. b[imac]tan to bite. See Bite, v. t.] Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera. [1913 Webster] Beetle mite (Zo["o]l.), one of many species of mites, of the family Oribatid[ae], parasitic on beetles. Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blatta orientalis ). [1913 Webster] Beetle \Bee"tle\, v. i. [See Beetlebrowed.] To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut. [1913 Webster] To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), n. [OE. betel, AS. b[=i]tl, b?tl, mallet, hammer, fr. be['a]tan to beat. See Beat, v. t.] 1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. --Knight. [1913 Webster] Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beetled (-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Beetling.] 1. To beat with a heavy mallet. [1913 Webster] 2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods. [1913 Webster]