doodlebug — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The V-1 flying bomb.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Informal

   Examples

   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.

   Usage

   • Historical

3. An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).

4. A cockchafer (genus Melolontha).

   Usage

   • UK usage

5. A woodlouse.

   Usage

   • Regional

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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.

   Usage

   • Informal

7. A slackard or time-waster.

   Usage

   • Informal

8. An idiot.

   Usage

   • Informal

9. Someone who draws constantly.

   Usage

   • Informal

10. A divining rod or similarly intended device.

    Usage

    • Informal

11. Individual self-propelled train cars.

    Usage

    • Obsolete

Noun

1. a small motor vehicle

   Broader terms

   motor vehicleautomotive vehicle

2. a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb

   Synonyms

   buzz bombrobot bombflying bombV-1

   Broader terms

   guided missile

3. the larva of any of several insects

   Synonyms

   ant lionantlion

   Broader terms

   larva