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bitch

Pronunciation: /bɪtʃ/
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Definition of bitch

noun

  • 1a female dog, wolf, fox, or otter.
  • 2 informal a spiteful or unpleasant woman.
  • black slang a woman (used in a non-derogatory sense).
  • a person who is completely subservient to another.
  • 3 (a bitch) informal a difficult or unpleasant situation or thing:working the night shift is a bitch
  • 4 informal a complaint:my big bitch is that there’s nothing new here

verb

[no object] informal
  • make spitefully critical comments:everybody was bitching about their colleagues

Origin:

Old English bicce, of Germanic origin

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