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bitch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • bĭch
  • /bɪt͡ʃ/
  • (US) audio
  • /bɪʃ/ slang, African-American Vernacular

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, qualifier:dated or specialised; dog-breeding; dated or specialised; dog-breeding, uncountable) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
    • He had three pet bitches with him.
    • My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute!
    • All members of one breed, both dog and bitch, champion and nonchampion, are judged in a series of competitions until only one animal remains. 1953, LIFE, volume 34, number 6, page 110:
  2. (archaic, countable, offensive, uncountable) A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
  3. (countable, offensive, uncountable, vulgar) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
    • […] thirty-seven shits, six assholes, two bitches and a bastard. All in all, it's quite possibly the sweariest comedy set in Los Angeles County […] 2007, J M Tyree, Ben Walters, The Big Lebowski:
    • 'Look at the children, you nasty little bitch!' he sneered. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Chapter 4”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
    • Ann spread rumors about me; she's such a bitch.
    • He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore. 1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Symptomes of Iealousie, Fear, Sorrow, Suspition, Strange Actions, Gestures, Outrages, Locking Up, Oathes, Trials, Lawes, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 3, member 2, subsection 1, page 610:
    • HASSAN: "You cheap Factualist bitch! Go and never darken my rumpus room again!" 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 83:
    • Near-synonyms: cunt (vulgar, offensive); see also Thesaurus:jerk
    • That bitch almost killed my girlfriend.
    • 'This is 007 speaking. This is an open line. It's an emergency. Can you hear me? Pass this on at once. 3030 was a double, working for Redland. 'Yes, dammit, I said "was". The bitch is dead now.' 1953, Ian Fleming, “The Bleeding Heart”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 189:
  4. (countable, qualifier:chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A woman in general.
    • Biggie, remember when I used to let you sleep on the couch, and beg the bitch to let you sleep in the house? 1996, “Hit 'Em Up”, in Tupac Shakur and the Outlawz (lyrics), Johnny "J" (music), Hit 'Em Up, performed by 2Pac, California: Death Row Records:
    • Niggas on my dick more than my bitches. 2003, “If I Can't”, in Curtis Jackson (lyrics), Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent, New York City: Shady Records:
  5. (countable, offensive, uncountable, vulgar) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
  6. (countable, derogatory, offensive, qualifier:LGBTQ slang, uncountable, vulgar) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way ▸ An obviously gay man.
  7. (countable, offensive, uncountable, vulgar) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homosexual 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.
  8. (colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
  9. (colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable, vulgar) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
    • You've got a fucking catheter in your brain / Pissing your common sense away / When you draw first blood you can't stop this fight / For my own peace of mind, I'm going to / Tear your fucking eyes out, rip your fucking flesh off / Beat you till you're just a fucking lifeless carcass / Fuck you and your progress, watch me fucking regress / You were made to take the fall, now you're nothing / Payback's a bitch motherfucker 2001, “Payback”, in Kerry King (lyrics), God Hates Us All, performed by Slayer:
    • Karma's a bitch.
    • […] he wrote to me last week telling me about an incredible bitch of a row blazing there on account of someone having been and gone and produced an unofficial magazine called Raddled, full of obscene libellous Oz-like filth. And what I thought, what Sammy and I thought, was – why not? 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19:
  10. (colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
    • That level was a real bitch, don’t you think?
    • That's a bitch of a question.
    • That lock's a real bitch to open.
  11. (countable, humorous, slang, uncountable, used with a possessive pronoun, vulgar) Friend.
    • How my bitches been doin'?
    • What’s up, bitch?
    • Shut up bitch! I'm the one here.
    • I was your bitch!
  12. (countable, qualifier:chiefly African-American Vernacular, uncountable, vulgar) Place; situation
    • I'm 'bout to get up outta this bitch.
  13. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
  14. (countable, derogatory, humorous, qualifier:LGBTQ slang, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations ▸ a sexual partner
  15. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A queen playing card or chess piece.
  16. (countable, informal, obsolete, of a man, uncountable) A playful variation on dog (sense "man").
  17. (UK, countable, obsolete, qualifier:university slang, uncountable) 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. 1824, Gradus Ad Cantabrigiam: Or, New University Guide to the Academical Customs, and Colloquial Or Cant Terms Peculiar to the University of Cambridge, Observing Wherein It Differs from Oxford, page 131:

Forms

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biatch alternative lexicographic
biyatch alternative lexicographic
betch alternative lexicographic
biotch alternative lexicographic
bish alternative lexicographic
beotch alternative lexicographic
rhymes-with-rich alternative lexicographic
bitches Number=Plur lexicographic
beeyotch alternative lexicographic
bizatch alternative lexicographic
biyotch alternative lexicographic
beeyatch alternative lexicographic
beatch alternative lexicographic
biznatch alternative lexicographic
biz-atch alternative lexicographic
bih alternative lexicographic
b-word alternative lexicographic
binch alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

butcher · bitcher

Deriveds

bitch-slap · bitchfit · bitchboy · bitchly · payback is a bitch · bitchcunt · slutbitch · side bitch · bitch switch · bitchfight · kitchen bitch · bitcher · life's a bitch and then you die · bitchhood · son of a bitch stew · life's a bitch · bitching · dish bitch · bastich · bitchette · bitch tits · flip a bitch · bitch-made · I'll be a son of a bitch · fembitch · bitchlet · niggerbitch · rich bitch · bitchtits · bitchcraft · bitchless · megabitch · bitchiness · bitchery · bitch off · basic bitch · bitchling · witch · daughter of a bitch · bitchzilla · biker bitch · bitch bath · skinny bitch · drunk as a fiddler's bitch · son of a bitch · bad bitch · superbitch · bitch-hound · bitchfest · son-of-a-bitching · bottom bitch · bitchwhore · she bitch · black bitch · main bitch · bitchslut · bitch fight · bitchy-pants · she-bitch · bitch eating crackers · succubitch · bitchcakes · bitch slap · bitchola · slitch · like a bitch on heat · bitchitis · Cumberbitch · bitch goddess · bitch shield · bitch up · he-bitch · ride bitch · bitchwad · psychobitch · boss bitch · bitchuation · outbitch · bitch breaker · bitch tat · bitchload · bitchwork · bitch-whore · bitch seat · like a bitch · bitch out · snitch bitch · unbitch · manbitch · sonofabitching · bitchy · karma is a bitch · bitch burger · bitch-ass · payback's a bitch · bitch and a half · bitchin' · cuntbitch · prison bitch · bitchfucker · bitch hound · bull-bitch · sonofabitch · bitch, please · bitchness · bitchdom · resting bitch face · bitch bag · door bitch · bitch magnet · mollying-bitch · bitch-out · bitchface · bitchlike · karma's a bitch

Descendants

Bätze · bitch · Betze · ビッチ · Petze · Bitch · b7 · bitch

Hypernyms

cuntfucker · fuckweed · douchewad · dicktard · paddock · cuntwhacker · pisspot · cuntstain · ball sack · dirtbag · turdface · scumbag · jitbag · fucknose · cockatrice · snotwad · knob-gobbler · jagoff · pussybreath · penishead · dillweed · bitchcunt · shitrag · arsehole · shitlord · fuckwaffle · fuckskull · pisshead · vonce · shitbeast · buttmunch · fuckoid · cunthead · jerkball · weasel · douchewagon · dick · cuntface · shitpiss · cum guzzler · scumhole · scuzzoid · dickbag · cockmunch · scum · pissbag · fuckmitten · assbreath · shitbag · shitfuck · jerk · dickass · jizzbag · fuckrod · nark · dickhead · piece of work · jackass · cockbag · cockfuck · fuckchop · turdbreath · tosser · cockwad · cuntsucker · jerkwad · cumrag · jackoff · cockmuncher · prick · sleazebucket · jerkoff · dicksneeze · cocksack · chunk-blower · fuckweasel · scumhead · dick munch · cockbreath · turdhead · fuckbag · fucklord · shitlicker · doucheburger · jerkweed · dickweed · asswagon · cuntbitch · assfag · tosspot · schmuck · cockweasel · bitchface · shitweasel · cuntwaffle · scoundrel · dicknut · fucktrumpet · shithead · shitsack · thundercunt · asscunt · fuckball · fuckhead · shitgoblin · dirtwad · shitball · shitnuts · assmouth · sleazeball · dickface · fuckstick · shitmuncher · asshole · shitass · cockfag · shitwaffle · cuntass · shitstain · scuzz · hosebag · shitbiscuit · asshead · dickweasel · dickfuck · dickshit · cockfucker · snotbag · slimeface · dipshit · ballsucker · bitchwhore · fag · scumbug · asshole · dickwad · pig · assfuck · barf bag · git · snotrag · cockface · scuzzball · wankface · dipfuck · shitnugget · bag of dicks · cockhead · pusbag · dickbreath · fuckbucket · scumface · cuntlicker · asschunk · cock gobbler · assmunch · chunderhead · fuckmuffin · pile of crap · scuzzbucket · cuntbucket · dickwipe · douchecanoe · cuntmuffin · sourhead · cuntweed · buttmuncher · assfaggot · fucktard · shithook · shitface · snothead · fuckster · pushead · assmuncher · berk · dickbucket · choad · snotball · fuckshit · shiteater · cockwaffle · cullion · scunge · cuntbreath · cockwipe · wankstain · fuckwit · fuckstain · cuntweasel · assmonkey · snotface · shitheel · sack of shit · cuntrag · shitguzzler · douche · nutsack · shitweed · shitheap · douche nozzle · dicksucker · douchelord · cocksucker · piece of crap · cuntlapper · bastard · sleazewad · douche boat · piece of trash · shitgibbon · pukestain · butthead · slimebucket · fucker · faggotface · shitfucker · cuntwad · douchebag · wankpuffin · asshat · piece of junk · cunt muncher · dickster · cuntshit · dicksack · dicklicker · slimewad · cuntard · shitbird · sleazebag · shitdick · cuntbiscuit · swine · shitwad · wet wipe · meanie · shitneck · assbucket · asstard · undesirable · dirthead · cuntwipe · cockshit · assweed · fuck · jagweed · wankfart · pukeball · cuntbag · tool · shitbreath · sleaze · cumstain · fuckface · scumbreath · wanker · scumbutt · pissface · wankhead · cumbucket · cuntfuck · dickslap · lowlife · assfucker · dicknose · shitbucket · crapface · dickfucker · buttface · shitcunt · scumfuck · piece of shit · prickwad · scumlord · asswipe · prickhead · cock-knocker · dick muncher · pile of shit · squib · shitcock · jerko · craphead · slimehole · bitchfuck · blackguard · piece of garbage · dickbiscuit · fuckass · cockmonger · knob polisher · assbag · cunt · cocksuck · assface · dickstain · prickface · shitpot · sleazehole · fucknozzle · faggot

Hyponyms

vixen · a female hound · brach · a female fox · she-wolf

Synonyms

shitfucker · piece of trash · fuckshit · fuckball · cuntbiscuit · wankhead · sleaze · scumface · cocksack · shitbiscuit · dicknose · pile of crap · cuntbreath · jagweed · nutsack · dickbag · cuntwaffle · fuckoid · asstard · pisspot · dicktard · bag of dicks · dickwad · vonce · nark · assmouth · pig · shitnuts · shitface · shitbucket · bitchwhore · faggot · chunk-blower · punk (man forced into a homoerotic relationship in prison) · chunderhead · assweed · scumbutt · shithook · shitass · pile of shit · scumbreath · dicklicker · cockwaffle · faggotface · prickhead · piece of shit · douchewagon · wet wipe · dickbreath · undesirable · fuckchop · shitpiss · jerkoff · cock-knocker · cockweasel · jerkball · douchebag · fuckface · cumbucket · douche boat · cum guzzler · dickhead · cocksucker · cocksuck · cockfuck · dicksack · prickwad · cumstain · assmonkey · cuntbucket · kvetch (a complaint) · assbucket · fuckweasel · fuckhead · git · bastard (malicious, etc, man) · bitchcunt · pukeball · fucknose · jagoff · snotbag · fuckster · assbag · toughie (difficult or confounding problem) · scunge · cockmuncher · douche nozzle · pissface · sleazebag · knob polisher · weasel · turdface · shitfuck · dirthead · cuntbitch · fag · fuckweed · sleazewad · shitheap · shitlicker · cuntwad · shrew (malicious, etc, woman) · pukestain · piece of work · slimehole · buttmuncher · shiteater · meanie · tosspot · scuzz · pussybreath · fuckstain · pusbag · assmuncher · wanker · stinker (difficult or confounding problem) · grumble (a complaint) · dick muncher · douchecanoe · jackass · fucknozzle · shitneck · dickbiscuit · dicksneeze · jitbag · tosser · shitcock · slimebucket · wankpuffin · cuntwhacker · fuckskull · shithead · assface · thundercunt · gunsel (man forced into a homoerotic relationship in prison) · dickass · shitheel · bitchfuck · sleazeball · shitlord · assfucker · slimewad · cuntsucker · knob-gobbler · fucktrumpet · cuntbag · dickface · doucheburger · shitbreath · shitbird · fuckbag · cuntrag · piece of garbage · scumhole · wankstain · scumbug · prick · she-dog (female dog, etc) · turdbreath · dickweasel · slimeface · assfuck · moan (a complaint) · tool · shitguzzler · dicknut · sleazehole · dickstain · jizzbag · shitbag · scum · cumrag · prickface · cuntwipe · turdhead · douchewad · cunt muncher · scuzzbucket · fucker · shitdick · snotface · pain in the ass (difficult or confounding problem) · hosebag · cuntlicker · scoundrel · cuntard · cuntlapper · cunt · slave (person in a relationship who is made to adopt a submissive role) · dirtwad · doggess (female dog, etc) · dickslap · paddock · dillweed · gripe (a complaint) · cuntfucker · snotwad · cockmunch · shitgibbon · bastard · cockatrice · jerkwad · cockwipe · asshat · squib · shitcunt · fuckstick · pissbag · lowlife · penishead · cock gobbler · jerk · ball sack · asswipe · shitbeast · cuntass · fuckmuffin · cockhead · cuntface · pushead · scumbag · cockmonger · asshead · asshole · blackguard · jerk · assmunch · cockwad · assbreath · snothead · ballsucker · cockfag · swine · fuck · sleazebucket · shitnugget · cockfucker · shitweed · cunt · dickster · cockbag · jerkweed · fuckmitten · shitwaffle · dickweed · snotball · snotrag · dipfuck · dipshit · schmuck · fuckwaffle · sack of shit · dickbucket · shitpot · fuckass · douche · cockshit · cockbreath · shitwad · fucklord · fucktard · shitstain · asswagon · female (female dog, etc) · bitchface · shitmuncher · scumlord · cullion · asscunt · asschunk · wankface · cunthead · assfaggot · cockface · whinge (a complaint) · dick munch · fuckrod · choad · scuzzball · jerko · cuntmuffin · sourhead · piece of crap · dickfuck · cuntshit · cuntstain · buttmunch · assfag · shitsack · scumfuck · scuzzoid · dickfucker · craphead · dickshit · piece of junk · wankfart · pisshead · douchelord · shitgoblin · dicksucker · shitrag · cuntweed · shitweasel · doormat (person in a relationship who is made to adopt a submissive role) · crapface · cuntfuck · barf bag · dick · fuckwit · jackoff · scumhead · shitball · berk · fuckbucket · dickwipe · friend (one's friend) · cuntweasel · butthead · buttface · dirtbag

Translations (347)

ru су́ка (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · eo megero (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ko(disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ro cățea (female canine) · pt cabrão (submissive person) · fi ämmä (submissive person) · pl lisica (female canine) · pt porca (promiscuous woman) · mr कुत्री (female canine) · br louskenn (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · nl teef (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · es zorra (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sv tik (female canine) · is tík (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · cy gast (female canine) · gd bidse (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ota قانجیق (female canine) · yue 衰婆 (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · es perra (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ms betina (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · uk су́ка (female canine) · be су́ка (female canine) · ba кәнтәй (female canine) · ms anjing betina (female canine) · sh husa (female canine) · nds Tääv (female canine) · he זוֹנָה (promiscuous woman) · cs potvora (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · eo aĉulino (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · br kiez (female canine) · ja あばずれ (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ru ко́реш (jocular slang: one's friend) · fi naarassusi (female canine) · ru су́ка (female canine) · vo jirenar (female canine) · yue 八婆 (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · lv kuce (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · lv kuce (female canine) · ru шура́к (jocular slang: one's friend) · sh хујса (female canine) · ms اسو بتينا (female canine) · gld вэчэн (female canine) · pt bucica (difficult or confounding problem) · eo lupino (female canine) · arc כַּלְבְּתָא (female canine) · sh кучка (female canine) · ks ہوٗنؠ (female canine) · sv brutta (woman) · de Luder (promiscuous woman) · ro zdreanță (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · nl wolvin (female canine) · tr sürtük (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sh сука (female canine) · fr dame (colloquial: playing card queen) · pt badalhoca (promiscuous woman) · sh курва (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ms rubah betina (female canine) · ro cățea (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sh pička (woman) · sk kunda (woman) · rm chagna (female canine) · ru меге́ра (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · hu prostituált (promiscuous woman) · ar قَحْبَة (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fr rosse (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pl cholerstwo (difficult or confounding problem) · sh psica (female canine) · fy teef (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sl kurba (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ms musang betina (female canine) · fi kamu (jocular slang: one's friend) · ast perra (female canine) · ar كَلْبَة (female canine) · fr chienne (female canine) · pt cachorra (female canine) · hu szajha (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · yi צױג (female canine) · sq bushtër (female canine) · pt loba (female canine) · cmn 賤人 /贱人 (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fro putain (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · el σκύλα (female canine) · enm bicche (female canine) · de Miststück (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · de Schlampe (promiscuous woman) · tzm ⵜⴰⵢⴷⵉⵜ (female canine) · de Weib (woman) · nl kreng (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ro pizdă (woman) · pl bladź (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · be сце́рва (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pt gaja (woman) · pl szmata (promiscuous woman) · twf kwíanena (female canine) · vo jidog (female canine) · ar سَلِيطَة (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ro vulpoaică (female canine) · ru сте́рва (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ja 雌犬 (female canine) · hu szuka (female canine) · sk kurva (promiscuous woman) · fi muija (woman) · tr orospu (promiscuous woman) · uk су́чка (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · el λύκαινα (female canine) · taa ɬits'a' (female canine) · pt cachorra (promiscuous woman) · pl dziwka (promiscuous woman) · cmn 婊子 (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · br liboudenn (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · de Fähe (female canine) · ia puta (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sh kuja (female canine) · ka ძუკნა (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sh kučka (female canine) · he שׁוּעָלָה (female canine) · ru лиси́ца (female canine) · fi narttu (female canine) · pt cadela (female canine) · mk кучка (female canine) · bg пичка (woman) · id anjing betina (female canine) · cs kurva (promiscuous woman) · hu picsa (promiscuous woman) · ar ثَعْلَبَة (female canine) · aht łitsʼae (female canine) · nl vossin (female canine) · nds Tiff (female canine) · eo hundino (female canine) · ru па́дла (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pl pinda (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · mk кучка (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ja ビッチ (promiscuous woman) · fo bikkja (female canine) · tfn łitsʼae (female canine) · ru блядь (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · vo jilup (female canine) · lv galvassāpes (difficult or confounding problem) · af teef (female canine) · cs fena (female canine) · hu pina (woman) · cs kunda (woman) · sh kurva (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · syc ܟܠܒܬܐ (female canine) · nl bitch (submissive person) · be су́ка (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · tr kancık (female canine) · sq kurvë (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · cs čubka (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · hu prosti (promiscuous woman) · ca gossa (female canine) · dsb beja (female canine) · fr saloperie (difficult or confounding problem) · bg кучка (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · yue 臭閪 /臭𲈹 (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pt vadia (promiscuous woman) · ru волчи́ца (female canine) · eo harpio (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fi akka (colloquial: playing card queen) · ro lupoaică (female canine) · kmr dêl (female canine) · vi đĩ (woman) · nl bitch (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fr couille (difficult or confounding problem) · pl suka (female canine) · ee avunɔ (female canine) · de Zicke (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sh хуса (female canine) · ru ку́рва (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · rm chogna (female canine) · fr salope (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ga soith (female canine) · bg курва (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ms موسڠ بتينا (female canine) · ka ბოზი (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · kmr dêlegur (female canine) · eo fiulino (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fa دریده (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · hy քած (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sh псица (female canine) · fi narttu (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · uk су́ка (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pl wywłoka (promiscuous woman) · nds Teev (female canine) · hu szajha (promiscuous woman) · sq kuçkë (female canine) · sq buçe (female canine) · id lonte (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · mt kelba (female canine) · pt bucica (female canine) · nl teef (female canine) · ml കൂത്തിപ്പട്ടി (female canine) · ms انجيڠ بتينا (female canine) · it troia (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · rup cãtsau (female canine) · pt puta (woman) · ko 개년 (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · yi כּלבֿטע (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fa مادهسگ (female canine) · fi ämmä (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · gd nighean na galla (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · da kælling (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · rup cãtsauã (female canine) · mic sgwesmuj (female canine) · hu luvnya (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · hu kurva (promiscuous woman) · it puttana (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pt cabra f vagabunda (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · mi uwha kurī (female canine) · no fitte (woman) · sh hujsa (female canine) · tr orospu (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ms koyote betina (female canine) · enm bicche (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fr renarde (female canine) · lt vilkė (female canine) · hu ribi (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · nb tispe (female canine) · gv coo-bwoirryn (female canine) · cs děvka (promiscuous woman) · cmn 娼婦 /娼妇 (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · de Füchsin (female canine) · sl prasica (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · de Schakalin (jackal) (female canine) · lt kalė (female canine) · hy քած (female canine) · is tík (female canine) · sa श्वाना (female canine) · gl cadela (female canine) · hu ribanc (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sk fena (female canine) · no tispe (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ia putana (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · id pelacur (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sv subba (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · he כלבה (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · cs šlapka (promiscuous woman) · it cagna (female canine) · pl suka (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · es loba (female canine) · el σκύλα (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fi naaraskettu (female canine) · pa ਕੁੱਤੀ (female canine) · sh suka (female canine) · nv łééchąątsaʼii (female canine) · sv hynda (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · cy llwynoges (female canine) · pt puta (promiscuous woman) · ru пизда́ (woman) · fr louve (female canine) · bg развратница (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ia can (female canine) · pl zdzira (promiscuous woman) · mk пичка (woman) · sk suka (female canine) · pl wilczyca (female canine) · he כַּלְבָּה (female canine) · te ఆడకుక్క (female canine) · es arpía (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ms asu betina (female canine) · rom ʒukli (female canine) · mt qaħba (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ug جالاپ (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · es marrón (difficult or confounding problem) · id bangsat (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · hu kurva (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · gd galla (female canine) · lt kalė (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sq shakë (female canine) · nl trut (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · nn tispe (female canine) · cs megera (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fa لاج (female canine) · nl rotwijf (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · lv suņanagla pakaļā (difficult or confounding problem) · th อีดอก (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · uk су́чка (female canine) · bg кучка (female canine) · sk vlčica (female canine) · hu lotyó (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fi naaraskoira (female canine) · fr pute (submissive person) · ms jakal betina (jackal) (female canine) · es perra (female canine) · hu nőstény (female canine) · sip ཇགམ (female canine) · uga 𐎋𐎍𐎁𐎚 (female canine) · sh кучка (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ka ძუკნა (female canine) · ky канчык (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · hi कुतिया (female canine) · de Hündin (female canine) · hi कुत्ती (female canine) · ja ズベ公 (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pl diabelstwo (difficult or confounding problem) · cs mrcha (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · eo vulpino (female canine) · sh пичка (woman) · de Dorfmatratze (promiscuous woman) · fur čhice (female canine) · ms serigala betina (female canine) · gl lurpia (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ms کويوتي بتينا (female canine) · cs vlčice (female canine) · oc canha (female canine) · da tæve (female canine) · de Flittchen (promiscuous woman) · sh куја (female canine) · it lupa (female canine) · cy gast (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pt puta (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pl dupa (woman) · cs běhna (promiscuous woman) · cmn 母狗 (female canine) · de Wölfin (female canine) · sl psica (female canine) · es zorra (female canine) · uk сте́рва (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fr garce (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fa سلیطه (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ru су́чка (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fa پتیاره (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sk kurva (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · pt vadia (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fr saleté (difficult or confounding problem) · kw gast (female canine) · oc solharda (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · lv maita (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · de Kojotin (female canine) · ms جاکل بتينا (female canine) · ko 암캐 (female canine) · sk suka (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sh kučka (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · sv hynda (female canine) · sv slyna (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · oc chispa (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ja あま (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · fo tík (female canine) · fi ämmä (woman) · ms سريݢالا بتينا (female canine) · it fica (woman) · nl kutwijf (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · de Schlampe (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · it stronza (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · nl kankerwijf (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · hu ringyó (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) · ms روبه بتينا (female canine)

bitch en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • bĭch
  • /bɪt͡ʃ/
  • (US) audio
  • /bɪʃ/ slang, African-American Vernacular

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.

Meanings

  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.
    • 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. 2008, Patterson Hood, The Righteous Path:
    • All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!
    • Since the good ones are deceased or taken I'll just keep on moanin' and bitchin' 2024, “Slim Pickins”, in Short n' Sweet, performed by Sabrina Carpenter, track 9:
  3. (transitive, vulgar) To spoil, to ruin.
    • "Shy Smile didn't pay off." "I know. The jockey bitched it. So what?" 1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100:
    • 'You're a Franco-maniac…You're thought to be a French agent…That's what's bitching your career!' 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 162:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bitches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bitching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bitched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bitched Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

grump · frine · mutter · grouse · ride · make a stink · dump on · mutter · nag · pinch · girn · grumble · beef · dump on · complain · whimper · piss and moan · chunter · whine · latrate · whinge · grouch · bitch · nudzh · bellyache · kvetch · complain · snivel · carp · kvetch · ride · rail out · grumble · murmur · whimper · nark · croak · nudzh · pinch · chunter · bleat · whinge · nag · inveigh · gruntle · frine · give out · crab · crab · whine · harp · inveigh · give out · grumble · croak · gripe · moan · murmur · bemoan · bellyache · gripe · piss and moan · latrate · rail out · bitch · grumble · nark · rail · gruntle · girn · repine · grouse · carp · whine · repine · bleat · moan · rag · grotch · grump · grouch · whine · beef · harp · rail · grotch · snivel · bemoan · make a stink

Deriveds

bitcher · bitch and moan · stitch and bitch

Synonyms

snipe · bitch out · bitch and moan · slag off · bitch and moan · badmouth

Translations (33)

fr chialer (complain (about something) spitefully) · ia querelar (complain (about something) spitefully) · br grozmolat (complain (about something) spitefully) · mk пла́че (complain (about something) spitefully) · fr rouspéter (complain (about something) spitefully) · pt choramingar (complain (about something) spitefully) · sv klaga (complain (about something) spitefully) · mk се жа́ли (complain (about something) spitefully) · sk sťažovať sa (complain (about something) spitefully) · bg оплаквам се (complain (about something) spitefully) · fa غر زدن (complain (about something) spitefully) · br soroc'hal (complain (about something) spitefully) · da klage (complain (about something) spitefully) · de maulen (complain (about something) spitefully) · nl kankeren (complain (about something) spitefully) · tr deneme (complain (about something) spitefully) · fa نق زدن (complain (about something) spitefully) · es quejarse (complain (about something) spitefully) · eo plendaĉi (complain (about something) spitefully) · fr pester (complain (about something) spitefully) · fi haukkua (complain (about something) spitefully) · ru скули́ть (complain (about something) spitefully) · fi nalkuttaa (complain (about something) spitefully) · br klemm (complain (about something) spitefully) · fr râler (complain (about something) spitefully) · ru пизде́ть (complain (about something) spitefully) · pl psioczyć (complain (about something) spitefully) · ia lamentar (complain (about something) spitefully) · de meckern (complain (about something) spitefully) · mi komekome (complain (about something) spitefully) · sv gnälla (complain (about something) spitefully) · sk frfľať (complain (about something) spitefully) · sv tjafsa (complain (about something) spitefully)