Meaning of doodlebug | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The V-1 flying bomb.
   British, informal
2. An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
   historical
3. An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
4. A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
   UK
5. A woodlouse.
   regional
6. A term of endearment.
   informal
7. A slackard or time-waster.
   informal
8. An idiot.
   informal
9. Someone who draws constantly.
   informal
10. A divining rod or similarly intended device.
    informal
11. Individual self-propelled train cars.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

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