Definition of BITCH

bitch

Meanings

Plural: bitches

Noun

  • an unpleasant difficulty
    • "this problem is a real bitch"
  • a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
    • "she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch"
  • informal terms for objecting
  • female of any member of the dog family
  • A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
  • A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
  • A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
  • A woman.
  • A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
  • A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
  • An obviously gay man.
  • A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
  • A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
  • A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
  • a sexual partner
  • A playful variation on dog (sense "man").
  • Friend.
  • A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
  • A difficult or confounding problem.
  • A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
  • Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
  • Place; situation
  • Tea (the drink).
  • A queen.

Verb

  • complain
  • say mean things
  • To behave or act as a bitch; especially, to complain excessively.
  • To complain or criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.
  • To spoil, to ruin.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English biche, bicche, from Old English biċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (compare Norwegian bikkje (“dog”), Old Danish bikke), from *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”)). More at bicker.

Synonyms

;, backbite, badmouth, bastard, beef, bellyache, bitch and moan, bitch out, crab, cunt, doggess, doormat, female, friend, gripe, grouse, grumble, gunsel, holler, jerk, kick, kvetch, moan, pain in the ass, punk, she-dog, shrew, slag off, slave, snipe, squawk, stinker, toughie, whinge

Scrabble Score: 12

bitch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bitch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bitch is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

bitch is a valid Words With Friends word