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beetlest

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bee⋅tle

3[beet-l] adjective, verb, -tled, -tling.
–adjective
1. projecting; overhanging: beetle brows.
–verb (used without object)
2. to project; jut out; overhang: a cliff that beetles over the sea.
3. to hang or tower over in a threatening or menacing manner: The prospect of bankruptcy beetled over him.

Origin:
1325–75; ME; back formation from beetle-browed
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