betty

[ bet-ee ]

/ ˈbɛt i /

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noun, plural bet·ties.

brown betty.

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Origin of betty

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; by shortening

Words nearby betty

Bettina, betting shop, Bettinus, bettong, bettor, betty, Betty lamp, betulaceous, betula oil, between, between a rock and a hard place

Other definitions for betty (2 of 2)

Betty

[ bet-ee ]

/ ˈbɛt i /

noun

a female given name, form of Elizabeth.

How to use betty in a sentence

In that capacity, she was said to appear on his arm more often than even her mother, Betty.
What’s the Point of Trying to Understand Ghislaine Maxwell?|Judy Berman|June 24, 2021|Time
Physical is part of this shift, with characters ranging from the monstrous Sheila to the mutually supportive all-girl skate crew in HBO’s Betty replacing the two-dimensional girlboss ideal to create a fuller picture of female power.
Pop Culture Is Finally Getting Over the Girlboss Heroine. What Comes Next?|Judy Berman|June 17, 2021|Time
The skater girls of Betty unite to hold space in a male-dominated scene.
Pop Culture Is Finally Getting Over the Girlboss Heroine. What Comes Next?|Judy Berman|June 17, 2021|Time
Brack and his wife, Betty, raised two sons, Mark and Bob, who grew up exploring the family’s untamed forests.
The Coal Plant Next Door|by Max Blau for Georgia Health News|March 22, 2021|ProPublica

Then, when quarantine orders were handed down in mid-March, Betty worried about Peter’s safety.
They met in high school. Fifty years later, the pandemic helped them realize they belonged together.|Lisa Bonos|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Tarantino wrote it there over several months in his hotel, as well as the “coffee shop” Betty Boop.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary|Marlow Stern|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He loves Betty Jane Greer because of her “great sense of the ridiculous.”
The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum|Robert Ward|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Betty Friedan put the feelings of our mothers to words, publishing The Feminine Mystique.
Whither the Women’s Movement?|Judith Barnett|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The tabloid battle between the sweet blonde and the brunette vixen played out like an issue of Betty and Veronica on crack.
Real-Life Couples on Screen: Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, Brangelina, and More|Amy Zimmerman|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Refined, elegant, and to the manor born, Betty is everything that Don is not.
Every Woman Don Draper’s Hooked Up With on ‘Mad Men’|Amy Zimmerman|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, oddly enough, as he walked back to the hotel it was just Betty Lardner who made him think again of the legend.
Uncanny Tales|Various
After tea Betty executed a quite deliberate manœuvre to avoid having him for a partner at tennis.
Uncanny Tales|Various
Early in February he was invited for a week's hunting to a house at which Betty Lardner was also a guest.
Uncanny Tales|Various
She's done got a pow'ful quick tempah, my Miss Betty has, same's all my Somerset family had, bein' fust quality folks lak dey was.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
Four of the ten days had passed before Betty Lardner ran across him on the promenade.
Uncanny Tales|Various