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doodlebugs

doodlebugs is the plural of doodlebug.

Meaning of doodlebug

Noun

doodlebug (plural doodlebugs)

  1. (UK, informal) The V-1 flying bomb.
    • Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.2009, Robert McCrum, The masterpiece that killed George Orwell
  2. (historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
  3. An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
  4. (UK) A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
  5. (regional) 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.2018 June 25, “Pillbugs”, in Niles Biological, Inc., archived from the original on 21 Dec 2018
  6. (informal) A term of endearment.

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Questions about doodlebugs

What is doodlebugs the plural of?
Doodlebugs is the plural of doodlebug.

Words near doodlebugs in the dictionary

  1. doodlebrains
  2. doodlebug
  3. doodlebugger
  4. doodlebuggers
  5. doodlebugging
  6. doodlebugs
  7. doodled
  8. doodlehead
  9. doodleheads
  10. doodlelike
  11. doodler

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