BEETLING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

beetling

verb

present participle of beetle

as in protruding

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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The 10-month-old boy had a deep puncture wound in his upper chest area, while the 3-year-old girl had an inner organ protruding out of a chest-area wound.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
When a switch is at rest, a protruding piece of the plastic stem keeps the switch’s two leaves from making contact.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

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Sometimes only the tips of the reeds and the seed heads were visible, poking above the murky water, and other times the reeds stood fully exposed, with a clear view of crabs clambering around their bases.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Video posted to social media showed one car nearly submerged, with just its sunroof poking above the water, as people moved other vehicles farther from the rising tides.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

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Simmons has been out since training camp, with what head coach Andy Reid more recently called a bulging disc in his back.

— Sam McDowell October 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Like clockwork, Khloé’s eye starts bulging out, Kylie Jenner grows a tail, and Kourtney’s face becomes a fingernail.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

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