Betty

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›ti

Alternative forms

• (bar used by thieves to open doors) bettee
• (attractive woman) Betty

Origin

From Betty ("nickname for "Elizabeth"").

Full definition of betty

Noun

1. (slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.
2. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.
• ArbuthnotThe powerful betty, or the artful picklock.
3. (archaic, derogatory) A man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
4. (US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.

Anagrams

• TBYTE, tbyte