an insect of a large order distinguished by having forewings that are typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra), which cover and protect the hindwings and abdomen

a dice game in which a picture of a beetle is drawn or assembled

make one's way hurriedly

the tourist beetled off

a very heavy mallet, typically with a wooden head, used for ramming, crushing, etc.

a machine used for heightening the lustre of cloth by pressure from rollers

ram or crush with a beetle

she stood in a shed, beetling grain for the fowl

finish (cloth) with a beetle

(of a rock or a person's eyebrows) be prominent or overhanging

his eyebrows beetled with irritation

(of a person's eyebrows) shaggy and projecting

thick beetle brows