bitch
Forms
- Plural
- bitches
- present (v1)
- bitch
- past (v2)
- bitched
- past participle (v3)
- bitched
- present participle
- bitching
- 3rd person singular
- bitches
Definitions
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.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.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.A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way(offensive)
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.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.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”)).