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Betty Boop

Betty Boop proper noun: a fictional female entertainer introduced in cartoons in the 1930s, characterized by a high-pitched singing and speaking voice, short and curly black hair, and sexually provocative clothing, mannerisms, and facial expressions.

Proper noun

Betty Boop

  1. A fictional female entertainer introduced in cartoons in the 1930s, characterized by a high-pitched singing and speaking voice, short and curly black hair, and sexually provocative clothing, mannerisms, and facial expressions.
    • A feminist she is not, and we see her with many a Betty Boop look of horror as her two loutish pals make matchsticks out of every piece of barroom furniture in sight.1997, David Howard Day, A Treasure Hard to Attain: Images of Archaeology in Popular Film, page 89
    • He sits astride a motorcycle and fingers the hem of a bright red dress worn by a pert, blonde, cherry-lipped model. Her mouth is open in a Betty Boop "ooh."2002, Catherine Orenstein, Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, page 192

Examples of Betty Boop in a sentence

  • She had straight black hair with a Betty Boop bob cut and ruby red sweetheart lips.2005, Stephanie Lehmann, Are You in the Mood?, page 188:
  • Betty: Shall we? (Her voice has now assumed a Betty Boop pitch.)2007, James Fitzgerald, The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes, page 22:
  • Thirty years old when the song came out, Lauper was playacting at being a girl — and the ultimate girl, at that — with her Betty Boop voice and crazy dress-up outfits.2010, Marisa Meltzer, Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music, page 75:

Words formed from Betty Boop

Questions about Betty Boop

What does Betty Boop mean?
Betty Boop means a fictional female entertainer introduced in cartoons in the 1930s, characterized by a high-pitched singing and speaking voice, short and curly black hair, and sexually provocative clothing, mannerisms, and facial expressions.
How do you use Betty Boop in a sentence?
She had straight black hair with a Betty Boop bob cut and ruby red sweetheart lips.
What part of speech is Betty Boop?
Betty Boop is a proper noun.

Words near Betty Boop in the dictionary

  1. Bettses
  2. Bettws
  3. Bettws Cedewain
  4. Bettwys-y-Crwyn
  5. betty
  6. Betty Boop
  7. Betty Boop-ish
  8. Betty Boopish
  9. betty lamp
  10. betty lamps
  11. Betty Uprichard

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