beetling
/B IY1 T AH0 L IH0 NG/verb
- 1
To move away quickly, to scurry away.
“He beetled off on his vacation.”
verb
- 1
To loom over; to extend or jut.
“The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.”
verb
- 1
To beat with a heavy mallet.
- 2
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
“to beetle cotton goods”
noun
- 1
The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
adjective
- 1
Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.
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