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bitch

[bich]

noun

  1. a female dog.

    This is the third year in a row that a bitch won first place in the sporting dogs category.

  2. a female canine generally.

  3. Slang.

    1. a malicious, unpleasant, selfish person, especially a woman.

    2. Older Use.a lewd woman.

    3. Disparaging and Offensive.any woman.

  4. Informal.a person, especially a woman (often used as a term of address).

    Hey bitches, let's go party!

  5. Slang.

    1. a complaint.

    2. anything difficult or unpleasant.

      That test was a real bitch.

    3. anything memorable, especially something exceptionally good.

      You threw one bitch of a party last night.

  6. Slang: Disparaging.a person who is submissive or subservient to someone, usually in a humiliating way.

    Tom is so her bitch—he never questions what she decides.

  7. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

    1. a man who willingly or unwillingly submits to the will and control of a dominant partner in a sexual relationship, especially with another man, as in

    2. a gay man who is penetrated in anal intercourse, or who assumes a submissive role in a sexual relationship.



verb (used without object)

  1. Slang.to complain; gripe.

    They bitched about the service, then about the bill.

verb (used with object)

  1. Slang.to spoil; bungle (sometimes followed byup ).

    He bitched the interview completely.

    You really bitched up this paint job.

bitch

/ ɪʃ /

noun

  1. a female dog or other female canine animal, such as a wolf

  2. offensivea malicious, spiteful, or coarse woman

  3. slanga complaint

  4. slanga difficult situation or problem

  5. slanga person who acts as a subordinate or slave to another person

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr) to complain; grumble

  2. to behave (towards) in a spiteful or malicious manner

  3. to botch; bungle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • superbitch noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bitch1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bicche, Old English bicce; cognate with Old Norse bikkja
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bitch1

Old English bicce
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. sit / ride bitch, to sit uncomfortably between two others in the middle of the front or back seat of a car, particularly one with a raised section in the middle resulting in being forced to bring one's knees up in a bent position.

    When I was young, I was the smallest, so I always had to sit bitch.

    Please don't make me ride bitch again!

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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