Definition of beetle

• v. t. - A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
• v. t. - A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.
• v. t. - To beat with a heavy mallet.
• v. t. - To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
• v. t. - Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
• v. i. - To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.
• v. t. - A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
• v. t. - A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.
• v. t. - To beat with a heavy mallet.
• v. t. - To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
• v. t. - Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
• v. i. - To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.