Definition of doodlebug in English:

doodlebug

nounˈduːd(ə)lbʌɡˈdudlˌbəɡ

informal

1British
another term for V-1
Example sentencesExamples
- Londoners under attack would come to know it as the doodlebug or buzz bomb, so called for the mechanical hum it made before dropping on its target.
- He quotes from the diary: ‘a doodlebug comes over our bus and we all crouch down to avoid the shattering of the window-glass.’
- ‘One night we held our breath as a doodlebug putt-putted overhead,’ said Sheila.
- In 1943, I joined the Royal Marines at the Commando Training Unit, Lympstone, Devon, so I missed the doodlebugs and most of the V2 rockets.
- And that was dreadful, because we were bombarded with these doodlebugs and we were instructed during the night.
- So began London's doodlebug summer, with more than 2000 flying bombs launched from occupied France creating sudden havoc and destruction, especially across the south and east of the city.
- Originally set in a military hospital during the Blitz in 1941, the film relocates the action to a civilian emergency hospital during the doodlebug campaign of 1944.
- The old doodlebugs which we feared are toys by comparison.
- In his first, wartime diaries, where he journeyed round Britain listing buildings for rescue by the National Trust, bombing raids and doodlebugs meant that death was in the air even though he was only in his thirties.
- Under the van Mr King was holding his head in his hands as a one-metre section of the doodlebug embedded itself in the vehicle.
- In many ways the crowd at a football match is like a World War Two doodlebug - it's when it stops making a noise that those on the ground should panic.
- In the woolly, soft-focused world of Britain's public information business, the answer seems no less obscure than in those hazy, black - and-white days of the doodlebug.
- Born in 1930, Pinter was old enough to see and remember fascist actions in the East End and, of course, to be around when fascism stopped marching and started dropping bombs and launching doodlebugs.
- Now 60 years on, after watching countless documentaries about D-Day and doodlebugs, he is desperate to find out what happened to the infant.
- We were free - no more bombs, doodlebugs or air raid sirens.
- Ack-ack guns were operated by women for the first time in the war, preventing many home strikes by doodlebugs and the Luftwaffe.
- Its father handed him to Mr King, then a 15-year-old bread delivery boy, after the doodlebug crashed into land behind Old Tye Avenue, Biggin Hill.
- The doodlebug bomb which hit Harrington Road and destroyed the Albert Tavern on July 9, 1944, was the 78th out of 142 V1s to strike Croydon.
- The doodlebug's flaming engine cut out and it turned to glide in our direction.
- The device was the notorious doodlebug, or buzz bomb.
2North American The larva of an ant lion.
〈北美〉蚁蛉幼虫
Example sentencesExamples
- I was so fascinated by ants, wasps, and doodlebugs that I would have squatted in the road all day too, but unfortunately I did not inherit the slow gene.
- One guy ate doodlebugs and another packed mud in his pants.
3US An unscientific device for locating oil or minerals; a divining rod.
〈美〉（以不科学的方法找油或矿的）占卜器；探矿杖
1. 3.1 A prospector for oil or minerals.
  探油者；探矿者
4A small car or other vehicle.
小汽车；小火车；小型车辆
Example sentencesExamples
- The ‘Rainier Skunk’, which had operated from Portland to Rainier since 1915 with a GE doodlebug, was replaced by a bus in 1924.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in sense 2): from 17th-century doodle 'ninny' + bug.

Definition of doodlebug in US English:

doodlebug

nounˈdo͞odlˌbəɡˈdudlˌbəɡ

informal

1North American The larva of an ant lion.
〈北美〉蚁蛉幼虫
Example sentencesExamples
- One guy ate doodlebugs and another packed mud in his pants.
- I was so fascinated by ants, wasps, and doodlebugs that I would have squatted in the road all day too, but unfortunately I did not inherit the slow gene.
2US An unscientific device for locating oil or minerals; a divining rod.
〈美〉（以不科学的方法找油或矿的）占卜器；探矿杖
3British
another term for V-1
Example sentencesExamples
- In the woolly, soft-focused world of Britain's public information business, the answer seems no less obscure than in those hazy, black - and-white days of the doodlebug.
- The doodlebug's flaming engine cut out and it turned to glide in our direction.
- And that was dreadful, because we were bombarded with these doodlebugs and we were instructed during the night.
- Under the van Mr King was holding his head in his hands as a one-metre section of the doodlebug embedded itself in the vehicle.
- ‘One night we held our breath as a doodlebug putt-putted overhead,’ said Sheila.
- In 1943, I joined the Royal Marines at the Commando Training Unit, Lympstone, Devon, so I missed the doodlebugs and most of the V2 rockets.
- In many ways the crowd at a football match is like a World War Two doodlebug - it's when it stops making a noise that those on the ground should panic.
- The doodlebug bomb which hit Harrington Road and destroyed the Albert Tavern on July 9, 1944, was the 78th out of 142 V1s to strike Croydon.
- Ack-ack guns were operated by women for the first time in the war, preventing many home strikes by doodlebugs and the Luftwaffe.
- The device was the notorious doodlebug, or buzz bomb.
- He quotes from the diary: ‘a doodlebug comes over our bus and we all crouch down to avoid the shattering of the window-glass.’
- Its father handed him to Mr King, then a 15-year-old bread delivery boy, after the doodlebug crashed into land behind Old Tye Avenue, Biggin Hill.
- The old doodlebugs which we feared are toys by comparison.
- Born in 1930, Pinter was old enough to see and remember fascist actions in the East End and, of course, to be around when fascism stopped marching and started dropping bombs and launching doodlebugs.
- Originally set in a military hospital during the Blitz in 1941, the film relocates the action to a civilian emergency hospital during the doodlebug campaign of 1944.
- Now 60 years on, after watching countless documentaries about D-Day and doodlebugs, he is desperate to find out what happened to the infant.
- We were free - no more bombs, doodlebugs or air raid sirens.
- So began London's doodlebug summer, with more than 2000 flying bombs launched from occupied France creating sudden havoc and destruction, especially across the south and east of the city.
- In his first, wartime diaries, where he journeyed round Britain listing buildings for rescue by the National Trust, bombing raids and doodlebugs meant that death was in the air even though he was only in his thirties.
- Londoners under attack would come to know it as the doodlebug or buzz bomb, so called for the mechanical hum it made before dropping on its target.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in doodlebug (sense 2 of the noun)): from 17th-century doodle ‘ninny’ + bug.

词汇	doodlebug
释义	Definition of doodlebug in English: doodlebug nounˈduːd(ə)lbʌɡˈdudlˌbəɡ informal 1British another term for V-1 Example sentencesExamples Londoners under attack would come to know it as the doodlebug or buzz bomb, so called for the mechanical hum it made before dropping on its target. He quotes from the diary: ‘a doodlebug comes over our bus and we all crouch down to avoid the shattering of the window-glass.’ ‘One night we held our breath as a doodlebug putt-putted overhead,’ said Sheila. In 1943, I joined the Royal Marines at the Commando Training Unit, Lympstone, Devon, so I missed the doodlebugs and most of the V2 rockets. And that was dreadful, because we were bombarded with these doodlebugs and we were instructed during the night. So began London's doodlebug summer, with more than 2000 flying bombs launched from occupied France creating sudden havoc and destruction, especially across the south and east of the city. Originally set in a military hospital during the Blitz in 1941, the film relocates the action to a civilian emergency hospital during the doodlebug campaign of 1944. The old doodlebugs which we feared are toys by comparison. In his first, wartime diaries, where he journeyed round Britain listing buildings for rescue by the National Trust, bombing raids and doodlebugs meant that death was in the air even though he was only in his thirties. Under the van Mr King was holding his head in his hands as a one-metre section of the doodlebug embedded itself in the vehicle. In many ways the crowd at a football match is like a World War Two doodlebug - it's when it stops making a noise that those on the ground should panic. In the woolly, soft-focused world of Britain's public information business, the answer seems no less obscure than in those hazy, black - and-white days of the doodlebug. Born in 1930, Pinter was old enough to see and remember fascist actions in the East End and, of course, to be around when fascism stopped marching and started dropping bombs and launching doodlebugs. Now 60 years on, after watching countless documentaries about D-Day and doodlebugs, he is desperate to find out what happened to the infant. We were free - no more bombs, doodlebugs or air raid sirens. Ack-ack guns were operated by women for the first time in the war, preventing many home strikes by doodlebugs and the Luftwaffe. Its father handed him to Mr King, then a 15-year-old bread delivery boy, after the doodlebug crashed into land behind Old Tye Avenue, Biggin Hill. The doodlebug bomb which hit Harrington Road and destroyed the Albert Tavern on July 9, 1944, was the 78th out of 142 V1s to strike Croydon. The doodlebug's flaming engine cut out and it turned to glide in our direction. The device was the notorious doodlebug, or buzz bomb. 2North American The larva of an ant lion. 〈北美〉蚁蛉幼虫 Example sentencesExamples I was so fascinated by ants, wasps, and doodlebugs that I would have squatted in the road all day too, but unfortunately I did not inherit the slow gene. One guy ate doodlebugs and another packed mud in his pants. 3US An unscientific device for locating oil or minerals; a divining rod. 〈美〉（以不科学的方法找油或矿的）占卜器；探矿杖 3.1 A prospector for oil or minerals. 探油者；探矿者 4A small car or other vehicle. 小汽车；小火车；小型车辆 Example sentencesExamples The ‘Rainier Skunk’, which had operated from Portland to Rainier since 1915 with a GE doodlebug, was replaced by a bus in 1924. Origin Mid 19th century (in sense 2): from 17th-century doodle 'ninny' + bug. Definition of doodlebug in US English: doodlebug nounˈdo͞odlˌbəɡˈdudlˌbəɡ informal 1North American The larva of an ant lion. 〈北美〉蚁蛉幼虫 Example sentencesExamples One guy ate doodlebugs and another packed mud in his pants. I was so fascinated by ants, wasps, and doodlebugs that I would have squatted in the road all day too, but unfortunately I did not inherit the slow gene. 2US An unscientific device for locating oil or minerals; a divining rod. 〈美〉（以不科学的方法找油或矿的）占卜器；探矿杖 3British another term for V-1 Example sentencesExamples In the woolly, soft-focused world of Britain's public information business, the answer seems no less obscure than in those hazy, black - and-white days of the doodlebug. The doodlebug's flaming engine cut out and it turned to glide in our direction. And that was dreadful, because we were bombarded with these doodlebugs and we were instructed during the night. Under the van Mr King was holding his head in his hands as a one-metre section of the doodlebug embedded itself in the vehicle. ‘One night we held our breath as a doodlebug putt-putted overhead,’ said Sheila. In 1943, I joined the Royal Marines at the Commando Training Unit, Lympstone, Devon, so I missed the doodlebugs and most of the V2 rockets. In many ways the crowd at a football match is like a World War Two doodlebug - it's when it stops making a noise that those on the ground should panic. The doodlebug bomb which hit Harrington Road and destroyed the Albert Tavern on July 9, 1944, was the 78th out of 142 V1s to strike Croydon. Ack-ack guns were operated by women for the first time in the war, preventing many home strikes by doodlebugs and the Luftwaffe. The device was the notorious doodlebug, or buzz bomb. He quotes from the diary: ‘a doodlebug comes over our bus and we all crouch down to avoid the shattering of the window-glass.’ Its father handed him to Mr King, then a 15-year-old bread delivery boy, after the doodlebug crashed into land behind Old Tye Avenue, Biggin Hill. The old doodlebugs which we feared are toys by comparison. Born in 1930, Pinter was old enough to see and remember fascist actions in the East End and, of course, to be around when fascism stopped marching and started dropping bombs and launching doodlebugs. Originally set in a military hospital during the Blitz in 1941, the film relocates the action to a civilian emergency hospital during the doodlebug campaign of 1944. Now 60 years on, after watching countless documentaries about D-Day and doodlebugs, he is desperate to find out what happened to the infant. We were free - no more bombs, doodlebugs or air raid sirens. So began London's doodlebug summer, with more than 2000 flying bombs launched from occupied France creating sudden havoc and destruction, especially across the south and east of the city. In his first, wartime diaries, where he journeyed round Britain listing buildings for rescue by the National Trust, bombing raids and doodlebugs meant that death was in the air even though he was only in his thirties. Londoners under attack would come to know it as the doodlebug or buzz bomb, so called for the mechanical hum it made before dropping on its target. Origin Mid 19th century (in doodlebug (sense 2 of the noun)): from 17th-century doodle ‘ninny’ + bug.
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