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| beetle [ bt'l ] |
noun (plural beetles) |
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1. hard-backed insect: an insect belonging to a large order characterized by a modified outer pair of wings that form a hard covering for the inner pair. Order Coleoptera.
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2. dice game: a game in which players attempt to draw or assemble a complete beetle-shape by throwing a dice and drawing in or collecting the part corresponding to the number thrown
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intransitive verb (3rd person present singular beetles, present participle beetling, past and past participle beetled) |
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go quickly: to go somewhere quickly
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informal
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| [ Old English bitula, bitela< bītan 'to bite'] |
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