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Betty Boopish

Betty Boopish adjective: resembling or characteristic of Betty Boop.

Adjective

Betty Boopish (comparative more Betty Boopish, superlative most Betty Boopish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Betty Boop.
    • When all hope of getting the foreman, a misanthropic looking fellow, and the school marm to change their minds, was gone, the foreman lost his temper and struck a Betty Boopish little feminine juror, and Mrs. Crane, rushing in where angels might have feared to tread, made the most of it.1936 February 16, D. G., “‘Ladies of Jury’ by WPA. The Group’s First Play Is Presented Ably. Alice Ellis, in the Role of a Stubborn School Teacher, Takes the Honors of Her Portrayal.”, in The Kansas...
    • May Questal (Betty Boop to you) will take over Morton Bowe’s spot on the Baron Munchausen program at 8:30 p. m. over WENR-NBC, and will sing songs in her best Betty Boopish manner.1936 December 21, “400 Needy Tots Will Sing ‘Jingle Bells’ In Yuletide Plea. Ruth Etting, Sad Singer, Is Guest Star Of Himber. “What Do You Think?” Program Inaugurated As A Feature”, in Tyler Morning...

Examples of Betty Boopish in a sentence

  • The free hand of the artist has drawn Cindy’s magic fairy godmother in screwball shades and the soundman has given the curly haired heroine a set of “Betty Boopish” vocal cords.1938 July 23, “Cinderella Meets Fella (Vitaphone) Outstanding Cartoon”, in Motion Picture Herald, volume 132, number 4, page 43, column 3:
  • A prim University of California graduate, her hair in pigtails, sat in the first-floor dining room of the Bund Hotel in Yokohama last week and answered newsmen’s questions in a Betty Boopish voice.1945 September 17, Newsweek, page 96:

Forms of Betty Boopish

comparativemore Betty Boopish
superlativemost Betty Boopish
alternative formBetty Boop-ish
alternative formBetty-Boopish

Origin of Betty Boopish

From Betty Boop + -ish.

Questions about Betty Boopish

What does Betty Boopish mean?
Betty Boopish means resembling or characteristic of Betty Boop.
How do you use Betty Boopish in a sentence?
The free hand of the artist has drawn Cindy’s magic fairy godmother in screwball shades and the soundman has given the curly haired heroine a set of “Betty Boopish” vocal cords.
What part of speech is Betty Boopish?
Betty Boopish is an adjective.

Words near Betty Boopish in the dictionary

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

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