beetle in WordNet English dictionary

1. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
   beetle 
   
2. 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
   mallet  beetle 
   

1. beat with a beetle
   beetle 
   
2. fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
   "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
   beetle 
   
3. be suspended over or hang over
   "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
   overhang  beetle 
   

1. jutting or overhanging
   "beetle brows"
   beetle  beetling