betty
A baked dessert made with alternating layers of sweetened fruit and buttered bread crumbs.
Noun 1 meaning
A baked dessert made with alternating layers of sweetened fruit and buttered bread crumbs.
Verb 1 meaning
To pick a lock, to open with a betty.
Etymology
From Betty (nickname for “Elizabeth”). In thieves’ cant a tool for wrenching locked doors is also called a Bess (from “Elizabeth”) or a Jenny. The “attractive woman” sense may relate to the character Betty Rubble in the cartoon The Flintstones.
BETTY at a glance
BETTY has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (B 3 + E 1 + T 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,889 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with betty
All rhymesOne letter away
- PETTY10
- JETTY15
- BATTY10
- BETTA7
- BITTY10
- BEATY10
- BUTTY10
- NETTY8
- BOTTY10
- BENTY10
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