Word: bitch Part of Speech: noun 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. Pronunciation: /bɪt͡ʃ/, /bɪʃ/ 1. A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute! Example: He had three pet bitches with him. 2. A promiscuous woman, slut, whore. Labels: archaic, countable, offensive, uncountable 3. A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. Labels: countable, offensive, uncountable, vulgar Example: Near-synonyms: cunt (vulgar, offensive); see also Thesaurus:jerk Example: Ann spread rumors about me; she's such a bitch. 4. A woman in general. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: Biggie, remember when I used to let you sleep on the couch, and beg the bitch to let you sleep in the house? Example: Niggas on my dick more than my bitches. 5. A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way Labels: countable, offensive, uncountable, vulgar 6. A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way Labels: countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable, vulgar 7. A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship. Labels: countable, offensive, uncountable, vulgar Example: Dude, don't be a bitch. Assert yourself. Example: You're so weak-willed with your girlfriend. You must be the real bitch in the relationship. 8. A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar 9. Something unforgiving and unpleasant. Labels: colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable, vulgar Example: […] 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? Example: Karma's a bitch. 10. A difficult or confounding problem. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar Example: That level was a real bitch, don’t you think? Example: That's a bitch of a question. 11. Friend. Labels: countable, humorous, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: What’s up, bitch? Example: How my bitches been doin'? 12. Place; situation Labels: countable, uncountable, vulgar Example: I'm 'bout to get up outta this bitch. 13. A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar 14. A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations Labels: countable, derogatory, humorous, slang, uncountable, vulgar 15. A queen playing card or chess piece. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar 16. A playful variation on dog (sense "man"). Labels: countable, informal, obsolete, uncountable 17. Tea (the drink). Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] 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.