doodlebug

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈduːdl̩ˌbʌɡ/

Definition of doodlebug

11 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (British, informal)The V-1 flying bomb.
    “Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.”
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noun

  1. (British, informal)The V-1 flying bomb.
    “Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.”
  2. (historical)An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
  3. An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
  4. (UK)A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
  5. (regional)A woodlouse.
    “Common names for woodlice vary throughout the English-speaking world. They include roly-poly, pill bug (usually applied only to the genus Armadillidium), sow bug, doodle bug, carpenter (Newfoundland),[…] cheesybug (Kent), and cheeselog.”
  6. (informal)A term of endearment.
  7. (informal)A slackard or time-waster.
  8. (informal)An idiot.
  9. (informal)Someone who draws constantly.
  10. (informal)A divining rod or similarly intended device.
  11. (obsolete)Individual self-propelled train cars.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From doodle + bug.

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