"beetles" in the noun sense
1. beetle
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
2. mallet, beetle
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
"beetles" in the verb sense
1. overhang, beetle
be suspended over or hang over
"This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
2. beetle
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
"He beetled up the staircase"
"They beetled off home"
3. beetle
beat with a beetle
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