Bitch

/bɪt͡ʃ/ · noun

Meaning

(dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother..

Definitions by Sense

1. (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
2. (archaic, offensive) A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
3. (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
4. (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.
5. (vulgar, offensive) A man considered soft, effeminate, weak, timid or pathetic in some way
6. (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
7. (slang, vulgar, idiomatic, derogatory, misogynistic) A female sexual partner, typically in casual sexual relations
8. (obsolete, informal, of a man) A playful variation on dog (sense "man").

Example Sentences

My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute!

He had three pet bitches with him.

All members of one breed, both dog and bitch, champion and nonchampion, are judged in a series of competitions until only one animal remains.

Near-synonyms: cunt (vulgar, offensive); see also Thesaurus:jerk

Ann spread rumors about me; she's such a bitch.

That bitch almost killed my girlfriend.

He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrant whore.

'Look at the children, you nasty little bitch!' he sneered.

Synonyms for bitch

Antonyms for bitch

Related Words

Word Forms

• bitches
• betch
• biatch
• biotch
• beatch
• beotch
• bih
• binch
• bish
• biyatch
• biyotch
• beeyatch
• beeyotch
• bizatch
• biz-atch
• biznatch
• b-word
• rhymes-with-rich
• bitching
• bitched

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