bitch

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
2. (archaic, countable, offensive, uncountable) A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
3. (countable, offensive, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
4. (countable, offensive, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A woman.
5. (countable, offensive, uncountable, vulgar) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
6. (countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable, vulgar) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
7. (countable, offensive, uncountable, vulgar) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
8. (countable, derogatory, idiomatic, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
9. (countable, derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
10. (countable, informal, obsolete, uncountable) A playful variation on dog (sense "man").
11. (colloquial, countable, humorous, uncountable, vulgar) Friend.
12. (colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
13. (colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
14. (colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
15. (countable, figuratively, uncountable, vulgar) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
16. (countable, informal, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Place; situation
17. (UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Tea (the drink).
18. (countable, offensive, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A queen.

Verb

1. (intransitive, vulgar) To behave or act as a bitch; especially, to complain excessively.
2. (intransitive, vulgar) To complain or criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.
3. (transitive, vulgar) To spoil, to ruin.

Synonyms

female dog

slut

whore

gripe

complain

beef

squawk

moan

prostitute

grouse

cunt

kick

dog

🐕

grumble

backbite

bastard

bleat

hoe

crab

🦀

tart

bellyache

holler

whine

asshole

motherfucker

buster

find fault

female

♀️

fuck

👉👌

fucker

bungle

doe

broad

dickhead

dam

blubber

bag

asperse

kick up a fuss

hooker

crud

ho

hen

🐔

hussy

creep

bemoan

kvetch

meanie

meany

harlot

Translations

chienne

garce

👧

perra

σκύλα

cagna

Hündin

puta

zorra

cadela

puta

putain

Hure

ramera

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: biche

Inherited from Old English: biċċe

Cognate with Norwegian: bikkje

Cognate with Old Norse: bikkja

Cognate with Dutch: bikken

In summary

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.