bitch

noun
/bɪt͡ʃ/

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”)). Related to bicker.

  1. derived from *bikjaną — “to thrust, attack
  2. inherited from *bikjǭ — “female dog
  3. inherited from *bikkjā
  4. inherited from biċċe
  5. inherited from biche

Definitions

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

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

  3. A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.

    • Near-synonyms: cunt (vulgar, offensive); see also Thesaurus:jerk
    • Ann spread rumors about me; she's such a bitch.
    • That bitch almost killed my girlfriend.
  4. + 16 more definitions
    1. A woman.

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

    3. A submissive person who does what others want

      A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.

      • 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.
      • 1999 September 23, Chris Sheridan, “This House Is Freakin’ Sweet”, “Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater”, Family Guy, season 2, episode 1, Fox Broadcasting Company Now that you're stinking rich, we'd gladly be your bitch.
    4. A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations

    5. A playful variation on dog (sense "man").

    6. Friend.

      • What’s up, bitch?
      • How my bitches been doin'?
      • I was your bitch!
    7. A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.

    8. A difficult or confounding problem.

      • That level was a real bitch, don’t you think?
      • That's a bitch of a question.
    9. A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.

    10. Something unforgiving and unpleasant.

      • Karma's a bitch.
    11. Place

      Place; situation

      • I'm 'bout to get up outta this bitch.
    12. Tea (the drink).

      • […] seldom gets "a little the worse for liquor," gives no swell parties, runs very little into debt, takes his cup of bitch at night, and goes quietly to bed, and thus he passes his time in a way a Varmint man would despise.
    13. A queen.

    14. To behave or act as a bitch

      To behave or act as a bitch; especially, to complain excessively.

    15. To complain or criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in…

      To complain or 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!
      • All you ever do is bitch at me!
      • I ain't bitching 'bout things that aren't in my grasp Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path.
    16. To spoil, to ruin.

      • 'You're a Franco-maniac…You're thought to be a French agent…That's what's bitching your career!'
      • "Shy Smile didn't pay off." "I know. The jockey bitched it. So what?"

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA