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beetle away — ˌbeetle ˈoff ˌbeetle a ˈway [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they beetle off he/she/it beetles off p … Useful english dictionary
beetle off — phrasal verb beetle off or beetle away [intransitive] Word forms beetle off : present tense I/you/we/they beetle off he/she/it beetles off present participle beetling off past tense beetled off past participle beetled off British informal to go… … English dictionary
Beetle — Beetles redirects here. For the band, see The Beatles. For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). Beetle Temporal range: 318–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Beetle Bailey — Infobox Comic strip title= Beetle Bailey creator= Mort Walker current= status= Running syndicate= King Features Syndicate comictype= print genre= Humor first=September 4, 1950 last= Beetle Bailey (begun on September 4, 1950) is a comic strip set… … Wikipedia
beetle off — verb leave suddenly and as if in a hurry The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out • Syn: ↑run off, ↑run out, ↑bolt, ↑bolt out • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
beetle — 1. n. & v. n. 1 any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases closing over the back wings. 2 colloq. any similar, usu. black, insect. 3 sl. a type of compact rounded Volkswagen saloon car. 4 a dice… … Useful english dictionary
beetle — 1. noun a) 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. b) A type of mallet with a large wooden head. Syn: bug 2. verb … Wiktionary
Dung beetle — This article is about the beetle. For the characters in the Conker series, see List of characters in the Conker series#Dung Beetles. Dung Beetles redirects here. For the computer game, see Dung Beetles (computer game). Dung Beetle Scarabaeus… … Wikipedia
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) — Superherobox| caption=Jaime Reyes as the third Blue Beetle. Cover of Blue Beetle #2 (2006). Art by Cully Hamner. character name=Blue Beetle publisher=DC Comics debut=As Jaime: Infinite Crisis #3 (Feb. 2006) As Blue Beetle: Infinite Crisis #5… … Wikipedia
bark beetle — any of numerous small, cylindrical beetles of the family Scolytidae that nest under the bark of hardwood trees, leaving intricate tracings on the wood. Also called ambrosia beetle, engraver beetle. [1860 65] * * * Any member of the beetle family… … Universalium
