# beetling

Pronunciation: say "BEE-duhl-ing" /ˈbiɾəɫɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Sticking out prominently, most often said of a person's eyebrows.
   - Simple: Sticking out sharply, especially used of eyebrows or an overhanging rock.
   - _Her beetling eyebrows nearly met above her nose._
   - _The climbers paused beneath a beetling overhang of dark rock._

## Verb

2. Present participle of beetle. — present participle and gerund of beetle
   - Simple: Present participle of beetle. Use this form when something is happening right now.
   - _The crag stood beetling over the quiet valley floor._
   - _She spent the morning beetling between meetings across campus._

## Noun

3. A part that juts out or protrudes.
   - Simple: A part that sticks out from a surface or edge.
   - _A heavy beetling of stone overhung the dark cave mouth._
   - _The sculptor carved a slight beetling into the figure's brow._
4. The process in which fabrics and similar materials are finished by being beaten with a mallet.
   - Simple: A way of finishing cloth by pounding it with heavy wooden hammers.
   - _The mill was famous for the beetling that gave its linen a glossy finish._
   - _After weaving, the cloth went through beetling to flatten its surface._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/beetling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).