beetle
verb/ˈbiːtl/
/ˈbiːtl/
[intransitive] (British English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they beetle | /ˈbiːtl/ /ˈbiːtl/ |
| he / she / it beetles | /ˈbiːtlz/ /ˈbiːtlz/ |
| past simple beetled | /ˈbiːtld/ /ˈbiːtld/ |
| past participle beetled | /ˈbiːtld/ /ˈbiːtld/ |
| -ing form beetling | /ˈbiːtlɪŋ/ /ˈbiːtlɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to move somewhere quickly synonym scurry
- I last saw him beetling off down the road.
Word OriginOld English bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’.Want to learn more?
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