beetle
beetle
englantikovakuoriainen
Synonyymisanakirja
beetle
ulostyöntyvä, pensasmainen, tuuhea, hakata, jyskyttää, takoa, murskata, survoa, kulkea, liikkua, mennä, siirtyä, häipyä, livistää, livistää tiehensä, painua jhk.
Rimmaavat sanat
beetle rimmaa näiden kanssa:
ale, ginger ale, chippendale, kale, riekale, roikale, suikale, kekkale, vonkale, huiskale...
Englannin sanakirja
beetle (englanti > suomi)
beetle englanniksi
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.
puhekieltä A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
1944, Queens Nurses' Magazine'' (volumes 33-35, page 12)
(alternative case form of)
(seeCite)
To move away quickly, to scurry away.
He beetled off on his vacation.
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Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)
The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
Shakespeare
Wordsworth
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A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
(rfquotek)
To beat with a heavy mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
to beetle cotton goods