Definitions For Betty

Noun

{{en-noun, betties}} (slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe. A short bar used by thief, thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy. (archaic, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman. (US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from italy; a florence flask. : (Bartlett)

Synonyms

attractive woman see thesaurus:beautiful woman man who performs a woman's tasks cot-betty, cot-quean, henhussy

Hyponyms

man who performs a woman's tasks househusband

Alternative forms

bar used by thieves to open doors bettee attractive woman Betty

Etymology

From Betty, , nickname for "Elizabeth".

Anagrams

TBYTE, tbyte

Is Betty a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
10

The word Betty is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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