bitch
/bɪt͡ʃ/
bitch noun: a female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
Noun
bitch (countable and uncountable, plural bitches)
- A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute!
- He had three pet bitches with him.
- A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
- Synonyms:
- shrew
- A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
- Near-synonyms: cunt (vulgar, offensive); see also Thesaurus:jerk
- Ann spread rumors about me; she's such a bitch.
- 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
- A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, 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 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.
- A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
- Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
- […] 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
- Karma's a bitch.
- A difficult or confounding problem.
- That level was a real bitch, don’t you think?
- That lock's a real bitch to open.
- Synonyms:
- toughie, stinker, pain in the ass
- Friend.
- What’s up, bitch?
- How my bitches been doin'?
- Synonyms:
- friend
- Place; situation
- I'm 'bout to get up outta this bitch.
- A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
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- A queen playing card or chess piece.
- A playful variation on dog (sense "man").
- 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...
Verb
bitch (third-person singular simple present bitches, present participle bitching, simple past and past participle bitched)
- To behave or act as a bitch; especially, to complain excessively.
- Synonyms:
- bitch and moan
- 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 about the food I cook for you!
- All you ever do is bitch at me!
- Synonyms:
- bitch and moan, snipe, bitch out, badmouth, slag off
- To spoil, to ruin.
- '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
- "Shy Smile didn't pay off." "I know. The jockey bitched it. So what?"1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100
bitch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bitch in Hindi
- female canine
- कुतिया kutiyā, कुत्ती kuttī
bitch in Tamil
- பெண்நாய்
bitch in Marathi
- female canine
- कुत्री kutrī
bitch in Urdu
- کتیا, ذلیل عورت
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- bitch in Bengali
- স্ত্রীকুকুর, শৃগাল বাধ, নেকড়ে বাধ, দুঃশ্চরিত্র নারী
- bitch in Telugu
- ఆడకుక్క āḍakukka
- bitch in Malayalam
- കൂത്തിപ്പട്ടി kūttippaṭṭi
- bitch in Kannada
- ಬೊಗ್ಗಿ, ಹೆಣ್ಣುನಾಯಿ, ಪೆಣ್ಣಾಯ್, ಹೆಣ್ಣಾಯಿ
- bitch in Punjabi
- ਕੁੱਤੀ kuttī
- bitch in Sanskrit
- श्वाना śvānā
- bitch in Arabic
- ثَعْلَبَة ṯaʕlaba, كَلْبَة kalba, قَحْبَة qaḥba, سَلِيطَة salīṭa
- bitch in Malay
- anjing betina, asu betina, serigala betina, rubah betina
- bitch in Indonesian
- anjing betina, lonte, pelacur, bangsat
- bitch in Persian
- مادهسگ mâde-sag, لاج lâj, سلیطه, پتیاره
- bitch in Thai
- อีดอก
- bitch in Vietnamese
- đĩ
- Kashmiri
- ہوٗنؠ hūn'
Examples of bitch in a sentence
- That bitch almost killed my girlfriend.
- That's a bitch of a question.
- Shut up bitch! I'm the one here.
- 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:
- 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...
- '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:
Synonyms of bitch
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Forms of bitch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bitches |
| alternative form | betch |
| alternative form | biatch |
| alternative form | biotch |
| alternative form | beatch |
| alternative form | beotch |
| alternative form | bih |
| alternative form | binch |
| alternative form | bish |
| alternative form | biyatch |
| alternative form | biyotch |
| alternative form | beeyatch |
| alternative form | beeyotch |
| alternative form | bizatch |
| alternative form | biz-atch |
| alternative form | biznatch |
| alternative form | b-word |
| alternative form | rhymes-with-rich |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bitches |
| present participle | bitching |
Origin of bitch
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.
Words formed from bitch
- bad bitch
- basic bitch
- bastich
- biker bitch
- bitch and a half
- bitch-ass
- bitch bag
- bitch bath
- bitchboy
- bitch breaker
- bitch burger
- bitchcakes
- bitchcraft
- bitchcunt
- bitchdom
- bitch eating crackers
- bitchery
- bitchette
- bitchface
- bitchfest
- bitchfight
- bitch fight
- bitchfit
- bitchfucker
- bitch goddess
- bitchhood
- bitch-hound
- bitch hound
- bitchin'
- bitchiness
- bitching
- bitchitis
- bitchless
- bitchlet
- bitchlike
- bitchling
- bitchload
- bitchly
- bitch-made
- bitch magnet
- bitchness
- bitch off
- bitchola
- bitch out
- bitch-out
- bitch, please
- bitch seat
- bitch shield
- bitch slap
- bitch-slap
- bitchslut
- bitch switch
- bitch tat
- bitchtits
- bitch tits
- bitchuation
- bitch up
- bitchwad
- bitchwhore
- bitch-whore
Phrases with bitch
- she bitch
- bitch bags
- bitch suit
- bitch tats
- boss bitch
- dish bitch
- door bitch
- main bitch
- rich bitch
- ride bitch
- rode bitch
- side bitch
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- bitch baths
- bitch seats
- bitch slaps
- bitch suits
- bitch whore
- black bitch
- rides bitch
- bitch fights
- bitch hounds
- bitch whores
- bottom bitch
- flip a bitch
- like a bitch
- prison bitch
- psycho bitch
- ridden bitch
- riding bitch
- skinny bitch
- snitch bitch
- son of bitch
- bitch burgers
- bitch magnets
- bitch shields
- bitch slapped
- flips a bitch
- kitchen bitch
- sons of bitch
- bitch and moan
- bitch breakers
- bitch slapping
- bitch switches
- life's a bitch
- son of a bitch
- bitch goddesses
- flipped a bitch
- karma's a bitch
- sons of a bitch
- flipping a bitch
- karma is a bitch
- stitch and bitch
- resting bitch face
- daughter of a bitch
- resting bitch faces
- son of a bitch stew
- like a bitch on heat
- I'll be a son of a bitch
- drunk as a fiddler's bitch
- life's a bitch and then you die
Words that rhyme with bitch
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Questions about bitch
- What does bitch mean?
- Bitch means a female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
- What is bitch in Hindi?
- Bitch in Hindi is कुतिया (kutiyā), कुत्ती (kuttī). See Bitch meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use bitch in a sentence?
- That bitch almost killed my girlfriend.
- What part of speech is bitch?
- Bitch can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bitch?
- Bitch is pronounced /bɪt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of bitch?
- The plural of bitch is bitches.
Words near bitch in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bitch (page history and authors); bitch (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bitch (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bitch (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bitch (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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