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Meaning of beetling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

beetling

verb

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  1. To move away quickly, to scurry away.

    Example: He beetled off on his vacation.

verb

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  1. To loom over; to extend or jut.

    Example: The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.

verb

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  1. To beat with a heavy mallet.

  2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

    Example: to beetle cotton goods

noun

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  1. The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.

adjective

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  1. Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.