doodlebug
See also: doodle-bug
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
doodlebug (plural doodlebugs)
- (informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.
- 2009, Robert McCrum, The masterpiece that killed George Orwell:
- Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.
- (historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
- (entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
- (entomology, UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
- (entomology, regional) A woodlouse.
- 2018 June 25, “Pillbugs”, in Niles Biological, Inc.[1]:
- 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.
- (informal) A term of endearment.
- (informal) A slackard or time-waster.
- (informal) An idiot.
- (informal) Someone who draws constantly.
- (informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
- (obsolete) Individual self-propelled train cars.
Translations edit
antlion larva
doodlebug tractor
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