Bitch

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 See also

English

Etymology

Noun

bitch (plural bitches)

1. A female dog.
2. (derogatory) A malicious, spiteful, domineering, intrusive, and/or mean person, especially of a woman.

   You called me a bitch, didn't you? — Glenn Close in the movie The Jagged Edge.

3. (derogatory; less commonly) A spiteful man.
4. (jokingly) A friend. (Especially between women, between gay men, and also between woman and gay men)

Whatsup my bitch, or How my bitches been doin'?"

Translations

dog

Bosnian: kučka f Spanish Perra (Peh-rah) Breton: kiez f Bulgarian: кучка f Dutch: teef f Finnish: narttu French: chienne f Interlingua: can (feminin)

Lithuanian: kalė f Polish: suka f Portuguese: cadela f, cachorra f Russian: сука f Slovak: suka f Spanish: perra f Swedish: tik c Welsh: bitsh

spiteful woman

Bosnian: kučka f Breton: louskenn f, liboudenn f Bulgarian: кучка f Finnish: narttu French: chienne f, salope f, garce f Interlingua: puta, putana f

Polish: suka f, dziwka f Portuguese: puta f Russian: сука f Spanish: puta f Swedish: slyna c

spiteful man

Verb

bitch (bitched, bitching)

1. To complain (about something), usually 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!

Synonyms

• gripe, kvetch, moan, piss and moan, whine, whinge

Translations

complain

Breton: klemm, soroc'hal, grozmolat Finnish: purnata, vittuilla (vulgar) French: se plaindre, râler Interlingua: querelar, lamentar

Polish: psioczyć Portuguese: queixar-se, reclamar, lamentar(-se), lamuriar(-se), choramingar Slovak: frfľať, sťažovať sa

Derived terms

• bitching
• bitchy
• son of a bitch, sonofabitch

See also

• The Etymology of the Word Bitch