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doodlebug

noun
/ˈduːdl̩ˌbʌɡ/

Etymology

From doodle + bug.

  1. derived from *buddô✻
  2. derived from budda
  3. derived from budde
  4. derived from *bʰew-✻
  5. derived from *bugja-✻
  6. derived from bugge
  7. compounded as doodlebug — “doodle + bug”

Definitions

  1. The V-1 flying bomb.

    • Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.

  2. An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.

  3. An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).

    2. 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.

    3. A term of endearment.

    4. A slackard or time-waster.

    5. An idiot.

    6. Someone who draws constantly.

    7. A divining rod or similarly intended device.

    8. Individual self-propelled train cars.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA