doodlebug

plural doodlebugs

1. UKinformalThe V-1 flying bomb.

   Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.

   2009, Robert McCrum, The masterpiece that killed George Orwell

2. historical"doodlebug tractor"An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
3. biologyAn antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
4. UKbiologyA cockchafer (genus Melolontha).
5. regionalbiologyA woodlouse.

   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.

   2018 June 25, “Pillbugs”, in Niles Biological, Inc., archived from the original on 21 Dec 2018

6. informalA term of endearment.
7. informalA slackard or time-waster.
8. informalAn idiot.
9. informalSomeone who draws constantly.
10. informalA divining rod or similarly intended device.
11. obsoleteIndividual self-propelled train cars.