BITCH

Bitch

Bitch, literally meaning a female dog, is a common slang term in the English language, especially used as a denigrating term applied to a person, commonly a woman. It often refers to someone who is belligerent, unreasonable, malicious, rudely intrusive, and/or aggressive.

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bitch

Noun

  1. A female dog or other canine. In particular one who has recently had puppies.
    My bitch just had puppies: they're so cute!
  2. A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, often female.
    Ann gossiped about me and mocked my work; sometimes she can be a real bitch!
  3. A submissive person, often female, who does what others want; a slave.
    Dude, don't be such a bitch. Assert yourself.
    Do you have to ask your man before you do everything? You must be the bitch in the relationship.
  4. Of a man, playful variation on dog (sense "man").
  5. Friend.
    What’s up, my bitch?
    How my bitches been doin'?
  6. A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
  7. A difficult or confounding problem.
    Level 5 was a real bitch, don’t you think?
    That's a bitch of a question.
  8. A queen (playing card), particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
  9. Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
    Karma's a bitch.

Verb

  1. To behave or act as a bitch.
  2. To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.
    All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!


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