English Dictionary

betty

/bɛti/

noun

(slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe. / A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.

Betty is my best friend.

意味（1）

(slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.

Isn't my house classic? The columns date all the way back to 1972. Wasn't my Mom a betty? She died when I was just a baby. A fluke accident during a routine liposuction. I don't remember her, but I like to pretend she still watches over me.

意味（2）

A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.

The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.

意味（3）

(archaic, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman.

意味（4）

A baked dessert made with alternating layers of sweetened fruit and buttered bread crumbs.

“Apple-Almond Brave Betty”, in Midwest Living, 2021-11-04: “A pie-size betty is traditional, but if you like, assemble the recipe in individual ovenproof ramekins.”

意味（5）

(US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.

On olive oil in casks, twenty cents per gallon; olive salad oil in bottles or betties, thirty per centum ad valorem