beetling

Pluralbeetlings

1. 1
   adjective

   Sticking out sharply, especially used of eyebrows or an overhanging rock.

   Like a shelf that pushes out far over the edge below it.

   His beetling brows made him look angry all the time.

   The beetling cliff hung over the narrow path below.

   Similarprominent

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of beetle. Use this form when something is happening right now.

   The rocks were beetling high above the mountain trail.

   He went beetling off to the shops before the rain started.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A part that sticks out from a surface or edge.

   Like a ledge that pushes out past the rest of a wall.

   A sharp beetling of rock blocked the narrow path ahead.

   The old wall had an odd beetling near the top.

   Similaroverhang, projection, protrusion, ledge

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   A way of finishing cloth by pounding it with heavy wooden hammers.

   Like flattening dough by hitting it many times until it turns smooth.

   The linen got its smooth shine from a long beetling.

   Workers at the mill handled the beetling of the cloth.

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