Meaning

11 senses
  1. (UK, informal)The V-1 flying bomb.

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

  3. An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).

    Ameisenjungfer

    муравьи́ный левmuravʹínyj lev

    мураши́ний левmurašýnyj lev

    the larva of any of several insects

  4. (UK)A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).

  5. (regional)A woodlouse.

  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.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
antlion larva:
Русский
By meaning 1
antlion larva:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
antlion larva:

Origin

From doodle + bug.

From doodle + bug.

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Forms

plural: doodlebugs
Singulardoodlebug
Pluraldoodlebugs

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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