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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?t?l/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [?bi???]
• Rhymes: -i?t?l
• Homophone: Beatle

Etymology 1

From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, b?tel (“beetle”), from Proto-Germanic *bitulaz, *b?tilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite +? -le. Cognate with Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).

Alternative forms

• bittle, betel, bittil (all obsolete)

Noun

beetle (plural beetles)

1. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
2. (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
   • 1944, Queen's Nurses' Magazine (volumes 33-35, page 12)

     Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.

3. Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:beetle.

Synonyms

• (insect): bug (U.S. colloquial)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

beetle (third-person singular simple present beetles, present participle beetling, simple past and past participle beetled)

1. To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.

   He beetled off on his vacation.

   • 1982, A Woman of No Importance (TV programme)

     I beetled across to our table, but no Pauline, no Mr Cresswell, no Mr Rudyard.

See also

• bug
• chafer
• firefly
• ladybird
• scarab

Etymology 2

From Middle English bitel-brouwed (“beetle-browed”). Possibly after beetle, from the fact that some beetles have bushy antennae.

Adjective

beetle (comparative more beetle, superlative most beetle)

1. Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)

Verb

beetle (third-person singular simple present beetles, present participle beetling, simple past and past participle beetled)

1. To loom over; to extend or jut.

   The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.

   • 1822, William Wordsworth, In a Carriage, upon the Banks of the Rhin

     Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime.

Etymology 3

From Middle English betel, from Old English b?etel, akin to b?atan (“to beat”).

Noun

beetle (plural beetles)

1. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

Translations

Verb

beetle (third-person singular simple present beetles, present participle beetling, simple past and past participle beetled)

1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

   to beetle cotton goods

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori huhu.

Noun

huhu (plural huhus)

1. A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.

   Synonym: huhu beetle

Anagrams

• uh uh, uh-uh, uhuh

Finnish

Etymology

Considered descriptive.

Noun

huhu

1. rumour/rumor

   Huhu kertoo, että etsit uutta työtä.

   Rumour has it you're looking for a new job.

Declension

Derived terms

• huhuta

Compounds

• huhukampanja
• huhumylly
• huhupuhe

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu?hu?/

Interjection

huhu

1. (colloquial) hello

Further reading

• “huhu” in Duden online

Hausa

Etymology 1

An areal word found in both Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan, cognate to Kanuri fùfú.

Noun

h??h? m (plural h??h?, possessed form h??hun)

1. lung

Etymology 2

Noun

h?h?? m (plural h?hun??, possessed form h?hùn)

1. wrapping used to store kola nuts

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fufu, from Proto-Oceanic *pupuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu.hu/, [?huhu]

Noun

huhu

1. termite (a wood boring insect)

Verb

huhu

1. (stative) worm-eaten
2. (stative) rotten

References

• “huhu” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *susu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu.hu/

Noun

huhu

1. breast; breasts; teat

   Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:

   Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—

   1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)

   There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—

   1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

2. fork

Verb

huhu

1. To suck

Adjective

huhu

1. wet

Related terms

• huhua

References

• 1897, Shirley Baker, An English and Tongan vocabulary. Wilsons and Horton: Auckland, NZ.

Woi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Noun

huhu

1. breast (female organ)