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beetling

Meaning of "beetling" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BEETLING

ˈbiːtlɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEETLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beetling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BEETLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of beetling in the English dictionary

The definition of beetling in the dictionary is prominently bushy. Other definition of beetling is overhanging.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEETLING

catling · courtling · eastling · fettling · flatling · footling · heartling · mantling · mortling · nestling · priestling · ratling · rattling · scantling · softling · startling · subtitling · unstartling · whitling · witling

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEETLING

beery · beestings · beeswax · beeswing · beet · beet sugar · beetflies · beetfly · Beethoven · beetle · beetle drive · beetle-browed · beetlebrain · beetlehead · beetler · Beeton · beetroot · beeves · beeyard · beezer

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEETLING

all-in wrestling · arm wrestling · bantling · bristling · bustling · calling · castling · dismantling · fatling · Graeco-Roman wrestling · Indian wrestling · mud wrestling · rustling · saber-rattling · sabre-rattling · sumo wrestling · throttling · troutling · unsettling · whistling · wrestling

Synonyms and antonyms of beetling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEETLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «beetling» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «beetling» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BEETLING

Find out the translation of beetling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of beetling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beetling» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

beetling
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

beetling
570 millions of speakers
en

English

beetling
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

beetling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

beetling
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

beetling
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

saliente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

লম্বিত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

broussailleux
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Menetas
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

überhängend
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

beetling
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

beetling
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Beetling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đứng xiên
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

beetling
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बीटलिंग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

beetling
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

beetling
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Beetling
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

beetling
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

beetling
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

beetling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overhangend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beetling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beetling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beetling

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEETLING»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of beetling
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «beetling».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beetling

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEETLING»

Discover the use of beetling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beetling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland
The external appearance of the beetling mill reflected the processes carried on within. On the ground floor stood the beetling engines, either driven from an external waterwheel or with a central, internal wheel driving perhaps four engines on ...
William Alan McCutcheon, 1984
2
Cookstown: From Lough Neagh to the Sperrins
About four miles west of Cookstown on the River Kildress, situated in a quiet glen in the townland of Corkhill, is Wellbrook Beetling Mill. Beetling is the stage of linen manufacture in which the cloth is beaten with heavy wooden hammers by an ...
Eddie McCartney, 1999
3
Stronger Than a Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water ...
Beetling mills were a modification of the water-powered fulling mill long used in the woolen textile industry. In a beetling mill linen was slowly drawn over a large wooden roller or stone beam while smooth wooden hammers rapidly beat on it, ...
Terry S. Reynolds, 2002
4
Jennings and Darbishire
Prehistoric clodpoll!
Anthony Buckeridge, 2002
5
United States Patents on Powder Metallurgy
_ _ __ 1, 793,098 Method and apparatus for sifting powders produced by beetling mills. Kramer ______ -_ 1, 798, 886 High-speed beetling mill having serrated beetling rotors. Kramer ______ __ 1, 802, 658 Charging regulator for beetling ...
Raymond E. Jager, Rolla Estus Pollard, 1947
6
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
French linen, also of high quality, is characteristically woven of round yarns, that is, it has not been put through the beetling process that is used to flatten linen. See "Beetling" on page 225, chapter 15. Not all linen produced in these countries is ...
Cheryl Mendelson, 2005
7
Ingenious Ireland: A County-by-County Exploration of the ...
A County-by-County Exploration of the Mysteries and Marvels of the Ingenious Irish Mary Mulvihill. INGENIOUS IRELAND Some of the wooden beetling hammers from Wellbrook Mill, used. NEWTOWNSTEWART ...
Mary Mulvihill, 2003
8
Darwin:
Spending time beetling, visiting theraces, walkingand fishing was hisusualschedule. Here, prospective clergymen could do allthatthey wouldlater condemn from their pulpits. Although Charles seemsnot to have been asbad as some,he never ...
Guido J. Braem, 2012
9
Ultima Thule
Mrs. Beetling was scrubbing the verandah, her sleeves rolled up above her elbows, arms and hands newborn-looking from hot water and soda. At Mahony's approach, she sat back on her heels to let him by; then, seeing that he intended to ...
Henry Handel Richardson, 1971
10
Observations on the Population and Resources of Ireland
The expense of hand beetling is four pence per stone; when done in the mill, the expense is the same, if the expense of labourers attending is included; but mill beetling is preferred decidedly, as leaving the flax in a cleaner state. The mill ...
Whitley Stokes, 1821

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEETLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beetling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
100th anniversary bowls Midton members them over
The family brought over workers from Ireland to work in the factory and pioneered a new type of machinery, from Ireland, known as Beetling. «TheGazette.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
That Tears Might Fall, a short story by Mary Russell
... a boarded-up window of some school or apartment they'd commandeered, waiting their moment and then firing at a figure beetling from one ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
3
Arts trail has gone from strength to strength
... public venues and additional overflow parking is also provided and a Trail Shuttle Bus will be beetling about between Arnside and Silverdale ... «The Westmorland Gazette, Jun 15»
4
All guns blazing as Scotsman Howie tops Amateur Championship …
With the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup selectors beetling about the Carnoustie links, Ferguson is eager to push his case for a call up and, ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
5
Town mouse takes up gardening
The chief characteristic of our Pimlico yard — to call this space, overlooked by beetling terraces, a garden would be overdoing it — is Stygian ... «Country Life, Jun 15»
6
The Staves, Hay Festival, review: 'celestial and woe-tinged'
Of all the fascinating things that happen at the Hay Festival, I always enjoy the people-watching, trying to match the beetling crowds with the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
7
How Long Until Los Angeles Clippers' Fatal Flaw Exposes the Team?
... efficiency, according to HoopsStats.com, while the small forward position cycled between relative obscurity and beetling incompetence. «Bleacher Report, May 15»
8
Arsenal vs Swansea City, Premier League: as it happened
Montero, draemin of Chambers, goes beetling up the left but Bellerin is a far quicker opponent and brings him down by foul means not fair. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
9
Princess honored with a world-class name
Once upon a time, there was a new frontier and people were beetling all around making up names for cities. They liked to name their cities for ... «Charlotte Observer, May 15»
10
Chelsea 2015: Dan Pearson is back and looking to a Paxton …
Here was inspiration for a beetling rock face which would be the stream's entry point to the garden, and which also makes reference to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
REFERENCE
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