Doodlebug Definition

do͝odl-bŭg
noun
The larva of certain ant lions.
Webster's New World
A divining rod or another similar device used in trying to locate something underground.
Webster's New World

Buzz bomb.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
A term of endearment.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Doodlebug

Noun

Singular:
doodlebug
Plural:
doodlebugs

Origin of Doodlebug

  • Perhaps dialectal doodle fool, simpleton (akin to Low German dudeldopp) bug

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • doodle +‎ bug

    From Wiktionary

Doodlebug Sentence Examples

  • One this particular night I saw a doodlebug flying toward us, I could clearly see the flames billowing out of the tail.

  • We were just coming away, and we heard an old doodlebug coming.

  • I heard my first doodlebug as I was walking back from my first visit to Orpington Library.

  • I remember early one morning during the war a doodlebug, V1 rocket, dropped in the next street.

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Words Starting With

DDODOO

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