Beetle
Beetle verb - To extend outward beyond a usual point.
Usage example: houses in the town commonly have second stories that beetle over the ground floors, and the overhang is known as a “bump”
Start and beetle are semantically related. in stick out topic. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a verb "Beetle".
Start
Start verb - To extend outward beyond a usual point.
Usage example: frightened horses with starting eyes
How words are described
| humble | humble beetle | humble start |
| complete | complete beetle | complete start |
| original | original beetle | original start |
| small | small beetle | small start |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, big, huge, flying. | ||
Common collocations
| times | beetle times | start times |
Both words in one sentence
- This causes the drog beetle population to grow incredibly quickly, reaching plague proportions and causing them to get so hungry they start attacking people.
Source: Literature / Galaxy of Fear -
Spider-Sense: In one strip, Sarge can sense when Beetle is about to start slacking off, but it doesn't help him catch him doing it, because Beetle can sense when Sarge is coming the same way.
Source: Comic Strip / Beetle Bailey - Guile Hero: Say what you like of Beetle, and he certainly isn't very heroic for a start, but he shows considerable cunning in evading Sarge and the other officers... although some of his attempts are admittedly incredibly dumb instead.
Source: Comic Strip / Beetle Bailey
Cite this Source
Start and Beetle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beetle/start
Beetle & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beetle/start>.
Start or Beetle. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beetle/start.
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