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beetled

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Definitions of beetled word

  • noun beetled Projecting over. 1
  • verb beetled simple past tense and past participle of beetle. 0

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Parts of speech for Beetled

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

beetled popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for beetled

noun beetled

  • bugged — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
  • ticked — angry; miffed.
  • flew — a simple past tense of fly1 .

adjective beetled

  • bagged — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
  • ballooned — Simple past tense and past participle of balloon.
  • bellied — having a belly, esp. of a specified kind
  • billowed — a great wave or surge of the sea.
  • bloated — If someone's body or a part of their body is bloated, it is much larger than normal, usually because it has a lot of liquid or gas inside it.

verb beetled

  • hurried — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
  • scurried — to go or move quickly or in haste.
  • scuttled — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
  • scudded — to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
  • darted — a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.

Antonyms for beetled

verb beetled

  • shrank — a simple past tense of shrink.
  • abridged — An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it.
  • compressed — Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
  • contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.

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