1. beetle

noun. ['ˈbiːtəl'] insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings.

Rhymes with Beetle

• varietal
• avital
• fetal
• dietel
• cheetal
• beatle

How do you pronounce beetle?

Pronounce beetle as ˈbitəl.

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Sentences with beetle

1. Adjective
These lawn pests are beetle larvae that live just below the soil surface and feed on grass roots.

2. Noun, singular or mass
A click beetle about half an inch long can catapult through the air about a foot.

Quotes about beetle

1. When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles......they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle.
- Dr. Seuss, Fox in Socks

2. He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.
- P.G. Wodehouse

3. One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and new kind, which I could not bear to lose, so I popped the one which I held in my right hand into my mouth. Alas! it ejected some intensely acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue so that I was forced to spit the beetle out, which was lost, as was the third one.
- Charles Darwin

2. beetle-browed

adjective. sullen or unfriendly in appearance.

3. beetle

verb. ['ˈbiːtəl'] be suspended over or hang over.

4. beetle

adjective. ['ˈbiːtəl'] jutting or overhanging.

5. beetle

noun. ['ˈbiːtəl'] 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.

6. beetle

verb. ['ˈbiːtəl'] beat with a beetle.

7. beetle

verb. ['ˈbiːtəl'] fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle.