betty,v.colloq.|ˈbɛtɪ| [f.prec.n.] to betty about: to fuss about, like a man who busies himself with a woman's duties. Hence ˈbettyingvbl.n. 1851T. Parker in Weiss Life II. 105, I am only an old maid in life after all my bettying about in literature and philosophy.