as in to protrude
to extend outward beyond a usual point
houses in the town commonly have second stories that beetle over the ground floors, and the overhang is known as a "bump"
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Recent Examples of beetle
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
The ants are carnivorous, feeding on flies, beetles, grasshoppers and termites, USA Today reported.
—Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
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Verb
The beetles tend to cluster together, and small numbers can be removed by hand.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
The ants are carnivorous, feeding on flies, beetles, grasshoppers and termites, USA Today reported.
—Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
Noun
Black-and-yellow taxis beetled along Apollo Bunder, the road in front of the hotel.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beetle
Verb
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Nearby, police found another pitbull, Lucky, in a wet kennel that was bound shut with five leashes, her hip bones protruding.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2025
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Their feet protrude, white and enormous, from their grey-green uniforms like tree-branches from which the bark has been stripped.—
Thomas Meaney,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
Noun
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As Lee talked, the sounds of hammers on stone echoed in the background.—
Thessaly La Force,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2025
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Most are shooting deaths, but one woman died from asphyxia after being beaten with a hammer, and a toddler died from exposure due to being neglected.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Progress with Canada has been a roller coaster, with the U.S. president poking at the nation’s northern neighbor and repeatedly suggesting it would be absorbed as a U.S. state.—
Michelle L. Price,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Johnson immediately returned to social media Wednesday night to post a series of rambling videos discussing his arrest and seemingly poking at Rogan without addressing him directly.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
Noun
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To prove Joseph has disappeared, Elijah then hits the lantern with a mallet (begging the question of what school administrator okayed this in the first place).—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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Crush candies by hitting firmly with a meat mallet or small heavy skillet.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In every photo, Tater's eyes bulged with what can only be described as pure joy.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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Originally misdiagnosed with a bulging disk, a surgeon discovered a spinal fracture during McQueen’s time off this season, and got him on a proper healing regimen.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Other dolls in the Fashionistas line include a blind Barbie who carries a cane, a Barbie with Down syndrome, and a Barbie who uses a wheelchair.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Her patient that day last November used a cane, and Jiménez planned to park close so that her patient wouldn’t have to walk too far.—
Dave Altimari,
ProPublica,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Michelle has a chip on her shoulder and takes more of a dogged, sledgehammer approach.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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The mythical 19th-century figure who helped install railroad tracks by way of his sledgehammer skills, Henry has been saluted in literature (Colson Whitehead’s John Henry Days), dance (part of a program by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), and especially music.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The half ended with the Free Jacks once again putting the Sabercats under pressure, trying to force their way over the tryline through a rolling maul, and twice failing to score.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.—
Marcello Rossetti,
Boston Herald,
14 June 2025
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“Beetle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beetle. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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