doodlebug
- n a small motor vehicle
- n a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
- n the larva of any of several insects
- He is known as a "doodlebug" and laughed at.
- The nickname "doodlebug" was frowned on as too flippant.
- Versatile body English is needed on the sharper curves, and in case of a spill the engine is equipped with a deadman throttle that shuts it off and keeps the doodlebug from roaring .