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beetle3

Pronunciation: /ˈbiːt(ə)l/

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Definition of beetle

verb

[no object] (usually as adjective beetling)

(of a rock or a person’s eyebrows) project or overhang: his eyebrows beetled with irritation

adjective

[attributive]

(of a person’s eyebrows) shaggy and projecting:thick beetle brows

Derivatives

beetle-browed

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