beetled

Meaning of beetled

verb, past tense
  1. make one's way hurriedly.
    the tourist beetled off

Old English bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’.

verb, past tense
  1. ram or crush with a beetle.
    she stood in a shed, beetling grain for the fowl
  2. finish (cloth) with a beetle.

Old English bētel, of Germanic origin; related to beat.

verb, past tense
  1. (of a rock or a person's eyebrows) be prominent or overhanging.
    his eyebrows beetled with irritation

mid 16th century (as an adjective): back-formation from beetle-browed, first recorded in Middle English. The verb was apparently used as a nonce word by Shakespeare and was later adopted by other writers.

Information about beetled

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of beetled

bee-tled

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • beetled is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

beetled synonyms

Meaning (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps:

scurry

Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:

scamper

Meaning a metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire:

scuttle

Meaning move in an energetic and busy manner:

bustle

Meaning move or act with great haste:

hurry

Meaning move or travel hurriedly:

hasten

Meaning move with urgent haste:

rush

Meaning compete with another or others to see who is fastest at covering a set course or achieving an objective:

race

Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:

dash

Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:

scoot

Meaning pull (something) apart or to pieces with force:

tear

Meaning hurl missiles repeatedly at:

pelt

Meaning fasten with a zip:

zip

Meaning fasten with a belt:

belt

Meaning extending outwards beyond something else; protruding:

projecting

Meaning sticking out; projecting:

protruding

Meaning important; famous:

prominent

Meaning hanging or extending outwards over something:

overhanging

Meaning swelling outwards; protruding:

bulging

Meaning fat, round, or bulging:

bulbous

Meaning hanging down or overhanging:

pendent

Words that rhyme with beetled

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