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bitching en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (slang) Excellent; outstanding.
    • Besides, now Nina had a family. She had friends. She had money. She had a bitching car. She'd survived a terrifying drive in that bitching car, and there was nothing she couldn't do, or at least try to do. 2019, Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Penguin, →ISBN, page 316:
    • Encino is, like, so bitchin’ 1982, Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa, “Valley Girl”, in Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch:
    • Were there points for who could play the most bitching guitar riff? 2012, Joanne Rock, Full Surrender, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 156:
    • The car is an older model Chevy that we think is either a dark blue or black four-door sedan. Apparently, it runs rough but has a sweet set of rims and a bitching stereo system with huge speakers mounted in the trunk. 2010, Bill Sambito, Justice Delivered, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 83:
  2. (slang, uncommon) Awful, terrible.
    • Just my bitching luck.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bitchin alternative lexicographic
bitchen alternative lexicographic
bitchin' alternative lexicographic
bitchingest Degree=Sup lexicographic

bitching en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) A spiteful criticism or complaint.
    • Grierson's innocence – although Townsend would say it was naivety – was rather sweet and attractive amid the sour and petty bitchings of the other women. 1997, Gary Russell, Deadfall:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bitchings Number=Plur lexicographic

bitching en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bitch
    form of bitch

Deriveds

Bitching Betty