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doodlebug

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈduːdl̩ˌbʌɡ/

noun

Etymology: From doodle + bug.

  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. A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
  5. 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.

  6. A term of endearment.
  7. A slackard or time-waster.
  8. An idiot.
  9. Someone who draws constantly.
  10. A divining rod or similarly intended device.
  11. Individual self-propelled train cars.