beetle
🇺🇸
/ˈbiːtl/
🇬🇧
/ˈbiːtl/
noun
R
An insect with a hard shell on its back that covers its wings.
I saw a black beetle crawling on the ground.
verb
R
To move quickly somewhere.
He saw the beetle run across the path and then beetle away into the bushes.
translation
An insect with a hard shell on its back that covers its wings.
To move quickly somewhere.
Word Forms
3rd Present
beetles
Past
beetled
Perfect
beetled
Progressive
beetling
Plural
Beetles