beetle

/bitəl/ verbnounadjective
6 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
VERB
1

Be suspended over or hang over.

“This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town”

2

Beat with a beetle.

3

Fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle.

“He beetled up the staircase”

“They beetled off home”

NOUN
1

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.

2

Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings.

ADJECTIVE
1

Jutting or overhanging.

“beetle brows”

WORD FORMS
Starts withB
Ends withE
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®8 points
Words With Friends®10 points
Double word16 points
Triple word24 points
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Starts & ends withB … E
Syllablesbee · tle
SYNONYMS & RELATED4
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