Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To better; to mend. See beete.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- etc. Obsolete form of beat, beet, beet, etc.
- n. In the game of solo, a forfeit.
- n. A bugbear; a person or thing regarded with special dislike or aversion.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indeed, in the late Bush era, Hill became a kind of bete noire for Cheney.
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Squaring up yet again, Ian Shuttleworth of the Financial Times and his bete noir, Tim Walker of the Sunday Telegraph.
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Wooller was our bete noire; the first time I ever heard boos on a sports field was one afternoon at Cheltenham when he came out to bat.
Madcap Wilf Wooller created my Glamorgan angst | Frank Keating
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At the same time, inflation is the historical bete noir of the Brazilian economy.
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A miasma of lunchtime kick-offs, the bete noir of all serious football fans, will now determine who is promoted to the Premier League and who will make the play-offs.
Endless sprawl of fixtures fills cups with thin gruel and a bad taste | Paul Hayward
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Hoover's bete noire -- and the one man he could not break -- was Martin Luther
A Conversation with James Ellroy author of The Cold Six Thousand
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Right-to-work laws make union membership and dues voluntary for all workers, and they are thus the bete noire of labor unions, which see them as a threat to their political clout.
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Mitt Romney before being adopted by Democrats and becoming a bete noire of conservatives.
An interview with Mark Pauly, father of the individual mandate
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Even Boutin, long a bete-noire for gay-rights groups, has "eased up" on her positions on issues of homosexuality over the years, Corbin said.
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He was also sent to snoop on the Labour MP and Murdochian bete noir Tom Watson.
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