bitch

English

/bɪt͡ʃ/, /bɪt͡s/

noun
Definitions
  • (dated) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
  • (archaic) A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
  • (vulgar) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
  • (vulgar) A woman.
  • (vulgar) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
  • (vulgar) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
  • (obsolete)
  • (humorous) Friend.
  • (vulgar) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
  • (colloquial) A difficult or confounding problem.
  • (colloquial) A queen (playing card), particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
  • (vulgar) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
  • (vulgar) Place; situation

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English biche inherited from Old English biċċe (female dog) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (bitch, female dog).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bikjǭ

Gloss

bitch, female dog

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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