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bitch

//bɪt͡ʃ//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

informal

Note for bitch

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
bitches

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
bitch
past (v2)
bitched
past participle (v3)
bitched
present participle
bitching
3rd person singular
bitches

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.

    • He had three pet bitches with him.
    • My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute!
    • All members of one breed, both dog and bitch, champion and nonchampion, are judged in a series of competitions until only one animal remains.
  2. 2.A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.(offensive)

    • That bitch almost killed my girlfriend.
    • Ann spread rumors about me; she's such a bitch.
    • 'Look at the children, you nasty little bitch!' he sneered.
  3. 3.A woman in general.(slang)

    • Niggas on my dick more than my bitches.
    • Biggie, remember when I used to let you sleep on the couch, and beg the bitch to let you sleep in the house?
  4. 4.A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way(offensive)

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To complain or criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.(vulgar)

    • All you ever do is bitch at me!
    • All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!
  2. 2.To spoil, to ruin.(vulgar)

    • "Shy Smile didn't pay off." "I know. The jockey bitched it. So what?"
    • 'You're a Franco-maniac…You're thought to be a French agent…That's what's bitching your career!'
  3. 3.To behave or act as a bitch; especially, to complain excessively.(vulgar)

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2468

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Uncommon
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Word family

Etymology

From Middle English biche, bicche, from Old English biċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog”) (compare Norwegian bikkje (“dog, bitch”), Old Danish bikke (“bitch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“to plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”)).

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