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bitch

(bĭch)

1. A female canine animal, especially a dog.

2. Offensive A woman considered to be mean, overbearing, or contemptible.

3. Vulgar Slang

a. A prostitute considered in relation to a pimp.

b. A person in a subservient sexual role, especially an incarcerated male who provides sex to another male under threat of violence or in exchange for protection.

c. A person who is submissive to another, usually by performing menial or unpleasant tasks.

d. A man considered to be weak or contemptible.

4. Slang A complaint.

5. Slang Something very unpleasant or difficult: Fixing the faucet turned out to be a bitch.

v. bitched, bitch·ing, bitch·es Slang

v.intr.

To complain; grumble.

v.tr.

To botch; bungle. Often used with up.

Phrasal Verb:

bitch out Slang

To reprimand loudly or harshly.

[Middle English bicche, from Old English bicce.]

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bitch

(bɪtʃ)

1. a female dog or other female canine animal, such as a wolf

2. offensive slang a malicious, spiteful, or coarse woman

3. slang a complaint

4. slang a difficult situation or problem

5. slang a person who acts as a subordinate or slave to another person

6. (intr) to complain; grumble

7. to behave (towards) in a spiteful or malicious manner

8. (often foll by: up) to botch; bungle

[Old English bicce]

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bitch

(bɪtʃ)
n.

1. a female dog.

2. a female of canines generally.

3. Slang.

a. a malicious, unpleasant, selfish woman.

b. a lewd woman.

4. Slang.

a. a complaint.

b. anything difficult or unpleasant.

v.i.

5. Slang. to complain; gripe.

6. Slang. to spoil; bungle (sometimes fol. by up).

[before 1000; Middle English bicche, Old English bicce; c. Old Norse bikkja]

bitch•y, adj. bitch•i•er, bitch•i•est.

bitch′i•ness, n.

bitch

Past participle: bitched
Gerund: bitching

Imperative
bitch
bitch

Present
I bitch
you bitch
he/she/it bitches
we bitch
you bitch
they bitch

Preterite
I bitched
you bitched
he/she/it bitched
we bitched
you bitched
they bitched

Present Continuous
I am bitching
you are bitching
he/she/it is bitching
we are bitching
you are bitching
they are bitching

Present Perfect
I have bitched
you have bitched
he/she/it has bitched
we have bitched
you have bitched
they have bitched

Past Continuous
I was bitching
you were bitching
he/she/it was bitching
we were bitching
you were bitching
they were bitching

Past Perfect
I had bitched
you had bitched
he/she/it had bitched
we had bitched
you had bitched
they had bitched

Future
I will bitch
you will bitch
he/she/it will bitch
we will bitch
you will bitch
they will bitch

Future Perfect
I will have bitched
you will have bitched
he/she/it will have bitched
we will have bitched
you will have bitched
they will have bitched

Future Continuous
I will be bitching
you will be bitching
he/she/it will be bitching
we will be bitching
you will be bitching
they will be bitching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bitching
you have been bitching
he/she/it has been bitching
we have been bitching
you have been bitching
they have been bitching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bitching
you will have been bitching
he/she/it will have been bitching
we will have been bitching
you will have been bitching
they will have been bitching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bitching
you had been bitching
he/she/it had been bitching
we had been bitching
you had been bitching
they had been bitching

Conditional
I would bitch
you would bitch
he/she/it would bitch
we would bitch
you would bitch
they would bitch

Past Conditional
I would have bitched
you would have bitched
he/she/it would have bitched
we would have bitched
you would have bitched
they would have bitched

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Noun	1.	bitch - an unpleasant difficulty; "this problem is a real bitch" jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"
	2.	bitch - a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; "she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch" cunt disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	3.	bitch - informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" gripe, squawk, beef, kick objection - the speech act of objecting
	4.	bitch - female of any member of the dog family canid, canine - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles brood bitch - a bitch used for breeding
Verb	1.	bitch - complain; "What was he hollering about?" beef, bellyache, gripe, grouse, squawk, holler, crab kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
	2.	bitch - say mean things backbite kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

bitch

noun (Informal)

1. cow, devil, vixen I was a rich little spoiled bitch.

2. nightmare, pig, bastard (informal, offensive), swine, bummer It was a bitch of a winter that year.

bitch about something or someone criticize, condemn, slam (slang), put down, knock (informal), disparage, slag off (slang), flame (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), pick holes in, pick to pieces, be cruel about, be spiteful about They're forever bitching about everyone else.

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bitch

verb

Slang. To express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment:

complain, grouch, grump, whine.

Informal: crab, gripe, grouse, kick.

Slang: beef, bellyache.

Translations

إِمْرأةٌ داعِرَهكَلْبَةكَلْبه ثَعْلَبَه، ذِئْبَه

кучка

fenališkypotvorasamice od vlkaběhna

tævekællingmærsæk

Hündin Schlampe Wölfin Füchsin Zicke

σκύλα

aĉulinofiulinohundinolupinovulpino

perra zorra puta puto lagarta

narttu

chienne garce salope chipie casse-tête

kuja

szukanőstényszajha

can

tæfa, tíktík

cagna troia baldracca battona donnaccia

いけいけじゃじゃ馬尼阿婆擦れ雌犬

암캐

kalėkalės vaikaslapėvilkė

kucekuņa

teef poot

tispe merr

sukadziwkakurwa

cadela puta vagabunda cachorra

căţeacăţele

сука стерва кореш мегера шурак

sukavlčicakurva

psica

kučkakujapsicasuka

hyndaklagaslynasubbatik

สุนัขตัวเมีย

kancıkdişi köpek/kurt/tilkikahpe

chó cái

母狗母狼泼妇脾气坏的女人母狐

bitch

[bɪtʃ]

A. N

1. [of canines] → hembra f; [of dog] → perra f

2. (= woman) → bruja f
you bitch! → ¡(tía) cerda!, ¡lagarta! (Sp)

3. this car is a bitch → este coche es una lata
it's a bitch of a problem → es un problema que se las trae
life's a bitch (and then you die) → esta vida es un asco, esta vida es una mierda

4. (esp US) (= complaint) → queja f
what's your bitch? → ¿de qué coño te quejas tú?

B. VI (= complain) → quejarse (about de)

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bitch

[ˈbɪtʃ]

(= dog) → chienne f

→ salope f , garce f

vi
to bitch about sb/sth (= complain) → rouspéter après qn/qch

bitch

(of dog) → Hündin f; (of canines generally) → Weibchen nt; (of fox) → Füchsin f; (of wolf) → Wölfin f; terrier bitch → weiblicher Terrier

(sl: = woman) → Miststück nt (inf), → gemeine Zicke (inf); (spiteful) → Hexe f; silly bitch → doofe Ziege (inf); don’t be a bitch → sei nicht so gemein or gehässig; she’s a mean bitch → sie ist ein gemeines Stück (inf); life’s a bitch → das Leben kann ganz schön beschissen sein (inf)

(inf: = complaint) to have a bitch (about somebody/something) → (über jdn/etw) meckern (inf); what’s your bitch this time? → was hast du diesmal zu meckern? (inf)

vi (inf: = complain) → meckern (inf) (→ about über +acc)

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bitch

[bɪtʃ]

1. n

a. (of canines) → femmina; (of dog) → cagna
a terrier bitch → un terrier femmina

b. (offensive) (woman) → stronza, puttana (offensivo)

2. vi (fam) (complain) → mugugnare

bitch

(bitʃ) noun

1. the female of the dog, wolf or fox.

2. a (bad-tempered or unpleasant) woman.

son of a bitch noun, interjection

(slang) an annoying and nasty person; an unpleasant task. The son of a bitch tried to cheat me!

ˈbitchy adjective

(usually of women) fond of making unpleasant comments about people. She is sometimes very bitchy about her colleagues.

bitch

→ كَلْبَة fena tæve Hündin σκύλα perra narttu chienne kuja cagna 雌犬 암캐 teef tispe suka cadela сука hynda สุนัขตัวเมีย kancık chó cái 母狗

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A BITCH, ready to whelp, earnestly begged a shepherd for a place where she might litter.

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In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses.

Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me VIS-A-VIS the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements.

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Milka, a black-spotted, broad-haunched bitch with prominent black eyes, got up on seeing her master, stretched her hind legs, lay down like a hare, and then suddenly jumped up and licked him right on his nose and mustache.

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A setter bitch, Laska, ran out too, almost upsetting Kouzma, and whining, turned round about Levin's knees, jumping up and longing, but not daring, to put her forepaws on his chest.

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But he is a pleasant, good humoured fellow, and has got the nicest little black bitch of a pointer I ever saw.

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The son of a bitch was always good at finding a hare sitting, an be rotted to'n: I little thought what puss he was looking after; but it shall be the worst he ever vound in his life.

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There was Terrence the Magnificent--descended, as Van Horn remembered, from the American-bred Milton Droleen, out of the Queen of County Antrim, Breda Muddler, which royal bitch, as every one who is familiar with the stud book knows, goes back as far as the almost mythical Spuds, with along the way no primrose dallyings with black- and-tan Killeney Boys and Welsh nondescripts.

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I bought a water spaniel bitch, five months old, and devoted my whole attention to her training.

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"Then by all that's good," said Don Quixote (now stirred to wrath), "Don son of a bitch, Don Ginesillo de Paropillo, or whatever your name is, you will have to go yourself alone, with your tail between your legs and the whole chain on your back."

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His heart growled within him, and as a bitch with puppies growls and shows her teeth when she sees a stranger, so did his heart growl with anger at the evil deeds that were being done: but he beat his breast and said, "Heart, be still, you had worse than this to bear on the day when the terrible Cyclops ate your brave companions; yet you bore it in silence till your cunning got you safe out of the cave, though you made sure of being killed."

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Saira Khalid went to a routine checkup at the Nursery in the Baga Sandal area of Kotli Satyian, where she had been bitten by a pet "bitch".

Forest Woman officer bitten by bitch, owner held

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