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Definition of beetle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

beetle

verb

NAmE//ˈbit̮l//

[intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they beetle

he / she / it beetles

past simple beetled

-ing form beetling

to move somewhere quickly synonym scurry I last saw him beetling off down the road.

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