doodlebug
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈduːdl̩ˌbʌɡ/
noun
Etymology: From doodle + bug.
- The V-1 flying bomb.
“Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.”
- An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
- An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
- A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
- 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.”
- A term of endearment.
- A slackard or time-waster.
- An idiot.
- Someone who draws constantly.
- A divining rod or similarly intended device.
- Individual self-propelled train cars.