Antonyms for beetle


Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : beet-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbit l


Definition of beetle

Origin :
  • type of insect, Old English bitela "beetle," literally "little biter," from bitel "biting," related to bitan "to bite" (see bite). As a nickname for the original Volkswagen car, 1946, translating German Käfer.
  • As in oversized : adj bulky
  • As in insect : noun bug
  • As in bug : noun insect
  • As in jut : verb extend
  • As in lean : verb bend, angle toward
  • As in overhang : verb bulge, hang over
  • As in project : verb bulge, hang out
  • As in protrude : verb stick out
  • As in stand out : verb be conspicuous, prominent
  • As in stick out : verb bulge
  • As in bulge : verb project outward
  • As in protuberate : verb bulge
  • As in hang : verb suspend or be suspended
Example sentences :
  • I don't care whether you're deef or dumb, or whether you're nummer'n a beetle!
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Is not the author and parent of all our love, Cupid, as blind as a beetle?
  • Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
  • He had drawn the beetle with whom he was talking to a position where they were behind the rest.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • By the way, did he mention the name of the beetle that's going to do all this heavy work?
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • It is a representation of an Egyptian beetle, Ateuchus Sacer, you know.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • There, as the beetle resumed its flight, the novelist spread his wings.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • The Spider came, and there he found a cricket, a beetle, and a bug.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • It bears no mark which would indicate a future metamorphosis into a beetle.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 » by Various
  • Give me some wedges, a beetle, and a few men of my own choice.
  • Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton
  • The scarab Madge knew to be a beetle sacred to the Egyptians.
  • Extract from : « Madge Morton's Secret » by Amy D. V. Chalmers

Synonyms for beetle

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