Weevil

Quick meaning: Weevil is a noun meaning Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).

Meaning

Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).

More Meanings

1. (figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person.
2. Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea.
3. Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

Example Sentences

But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so.

Have you tried doing it yourself? It's not easy. I was hoping to illustrate this article with some self-created buzzwords for leftwingers to use. The first one I came up with was "molehill mountaineer", a pejorative term to describe the sort of perpetually furious rightwing weevil who spends their life calculatedly conflating issues such as the "Ground Zero mosque" into gigantic media crapgasms.

Word Forms

• weevils

Synonyms for weevil

Depending on context, synonyms include nunu.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include boll, pest, snouted, plum, grape, granary.

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