beetle

4 definitions • 4 examples

an insect with a hard shell-like back:

a black beetle

a deathwatch beetle

a dung beetle

to go somewhere quickly:

Hoping to miss the traffic jams, she beetled off home at four o'clock.

a brand name for a small car with a rounded front, top, and back, made by the company Volkswagen

any of various insects with a hard, shell-like back