as in to protrude
to extend outward beyond a usual point
houses in the town commonly have second stories that beetle over the ground floors, and the overhang is known as a "bump"
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Recent Examples of beetle
Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
Stan Tekiela, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The beetles were handed over to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Black-and-yellow taxis beetled along Apollo Bunder, the road in front of the hotel.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
Noun
Many believe our native beetle is now extinct or nearly so.
—Stan Tekiela, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The beetles were handed over to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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Its most significant physical feature is a segmented tread protruding from its back, and extending to the front of its face.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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In September 2024, suspect Ryan Routh, 59, was detained after Secret Service agents spotted a rifle protruding from a bush while Trump was playing on the golf course.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Call for volunteers to clean park in fire zone faces pushback in Altadena Nonato laid his chisel against the mortar and gingerly began to tap the top of the tool with a hammer.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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The only problem was that Purdey had never made a hammer ejector gun in 28 gauge, or any hammer gun in .410 bore in their more than 200-year history.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The eye poke left Muhammad unable to continue, and the fight was ruled a no contest.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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This occurs as bright points of light appear when sunlight pokes through valleys and mountain ridges on the moon, just before or after the period of totality.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The black-and-white films all feature 9-year-old Saint hitting wrestlers with a mallet, set to a new Ye album.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Smashing a watermelon with a giant mallet to the messy delight of audiences, Leo Gallagher became one of the biggest comedy acts of the 1980s and shot to superstardom.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As Ne Zha, his wide eyes often bulge in different directions.—
Fred Topel,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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When the owner of a silver carp by Fabergé, circa 1908, squeezes the bulging glass eyeballs, the guillotine mouth chomps the end of a cigar (Wartski, E13).—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Hackman, 95, racked by advanced Alzheimer’s disease, then died in a mudroom on the other side of the house, a cane and sunglasses nearby.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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His body was discovered on the ground near the kitchen, with a walking cane and sunglasses next to him, on February 26.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Similarly, JPMorgan has approached AI with a scalpel rather than a sledgehammer.—
Sherzod Odilov,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Now, the hard-line conservatives say the stopgap will keep the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) running to continue taking a sledgehammer to the federal bureaucracy.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.—
Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
3 Nov. 2024
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Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2024
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“Beetle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beetle. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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