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beetle

adjective
  1. jutting or overhanging
    “beetle brows”
    beetling
noun
  1. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
  2. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden)
    mallet
verb
  1. to beat with a large mallet, used to beat pavements and wedges
    “We beetled the cotton before it got sent to the next factory.”
  2. to fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
    “They beetled up the staircase.”
  3. to be suspended over or hang over
    “A huge rock beetles over the edge of the town.”
    overhang