beetle 1 of 2

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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beetle

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noun

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Recent Examples of beetle
Verb
If successful, cyborg beetles could become a valuable part of urban response efforts around the world. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025 This tactic also works well for pests like cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and Japanese beetles that are often tricky to manage with soap sprays. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2025
Noun
Black-and-yellow taxis beetled along Apollo Bunder, the road in front of the hotel. Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for beetle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beetle
Verb
  • Tung’s front layers were slicked across the right side of her forehead and brushed behind her ear; her short ends protruded out underneath.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 30 July 2025
  • In person the tremendous symmetry of her face was startling; her cheekbones protruded, and her eyes were far apart.
    Darcey Steinke, Vogue, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • According to police, on the day of the attack, Robert Babin got into a heated argument with his mother and repeatedly hit her with a hammer, KRIV reported.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2025
  • But there is no man with a hammer; the happy man lives at his ease, and trivial daily cares faintly agitate him like the wind in the aspen-tree — and all goes well.
    Philip Metres July 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Verb
  • Gavin Newsom continues to mock Trump on 'Bela' The California governor's office has taken to mimicking Trump's social media style in posts trolling the president and generally poking fun at Republicans online.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Apart from at the very top of the tree, which presumably pokes through Florentino Perez’s office window at Real Madrid, there are no solutions, only trade-offs.
    Mark Critchley, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Whirring drills, cranking wrenches and the pounding of rubber mallets give everything a productive, almost musical soundtrack.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • This also prevents your meat mallet from getting dirty as well.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The actress praises costume designer Trish Summerville, whose team then adorned her with all the brooches, bangles, and those bulging glasses.
    EW.com, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • To prevent botulism, the CDC recommends refrigerating or freezing leftovers promptly after cooking, throwing away damaged or bulging cans, and following the USDA's guide to home-canning. 2.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • These toads are a non-native species introduced to control sugar cane pests almost a century ago.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Raised in a small town in Puebla, Mexico, her parents grew sugar cane to support a family that struggled financially.
    Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Mayor Michelle Wu gleefully took a sledgehammer to the walls of an eight-story South Boston building to break ground on the city’s largest office-to-residential conversion project to date, accounting for 77 of the 141 such units under construction.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 17 July 2025
  • Blunt instrument The Supreme Court’s new test, with its implicit suggestion that coercion is found in exposure to materials that go against central tenets of parental religion, is more sledgehammer than scalpel.
    Stephen L. Carter, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 22 Aug. 2025.

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