Definition of "beetled" []

• Projecting over. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of beetle. (verb)

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• "After being thoroughly cleaned the rolls or strikes were sometimes beetled, that is, pounded in a wooden trough with a great pestle-shaped beetle over and over again until soft."
• "With beetled brow, sour humor and a curmudgeonly look at life, Rooney has become a media staple."
• "He lifted the bag of diamonds and turned it upside down with one surprisingly swift movement: like little cockroaches, the jewels escaped and beetled off in all directions: “There, ya snuffling swine, truffles fer ya!”"