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bitch.

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

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɪt͡ʃ//bɪʃ/
  1. A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.

    countable · uncountable
    My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute!
    He had three pet bitches with him.
  2. A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.

    archaic · countable · offensive · uncountable
  3. A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.

    countable · offensive · uncountable · vulgar
    Ann spread rumors about me; she's such a bitch.
    That bitch almost killed my girlfriend.
  4. A woman in general.

    countable · slang · uncountable · vulgar
  5. A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way

    countable · offensive · uncountable · vulgar
  6. A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way An obviously gay man.

    countable · derogatory · offensive · uncountable · vulgar
  7. A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship.

    countable · offensive · uncountable · vulgar
    Dude, don't be a bitch. Assert yourself.
    You're so weak-willed with your girlfriend. You must be the real bitch in the relationship.
  8. A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.

    colloquial · countable · uncountable · vulgar
  9. Something unforgiving and unpleasant.

    colloquial · countable · figuratively · uncountable · vulgar
    Karma's a bitch.
  10. A difficult or confounding problem.

    colloquial · countable · uncountable · vulgar
    That level was a real bitch, don’t you think?
    That lock's a real bitch to open.
  11. Friend.

    countable · humorous · slang · uncountable · vulgar
    What’s up, bitch?
    How my bitches been doin'?
  12. Place; situation

    countable · uncountable · vulgar
    I'm 'bout to get up outta this bitch.
  13. A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations

    countable · derogatory · slang · uncountable · vulgar
  14. A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations a sexual partner

    countable · derogatory · humorous · slang · uncountable · vulgar
  15. A queen playing card or chess piece.

    countable · slang · uncountable · vulgar
  16. A playful variation on dog (sense "man").

    countable · informal · obsolete · uncountable
  17. Tea (the drink).

    UK · countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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”)). Related to bicker.

verb/bɪt͡ʃ//bɪʃ/
  1. To behave or act as a bitch; especially, to complain excessively.

    intransitive · vulgar
  2. To complain or criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.

    intransitive · vulgar
    All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!
    All you ever do is bitch at me!
  3. To spoil, to ruin.

    transitive · vulgar
Where this word comes from

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”)). Related to bicker.

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