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
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bitch fight English
- bitch hound English
- bitch-ass English
- bitchboy English
- bitchcraft English
- bitchcunt English
- bitchdom English
- bitched English
- bitcher English
- bitchery English
- bitchette English
- bitchface English
- bitchfest English
- bitchfight English
- bitchfit English
- bitchfucker English
- bitchhood English
- bitchily English
- bitchiness English
- bitchless English
- bitchlet English
- bitchlike English
- bitchling English
- bitchload English
- bitchly English
- bitchness English
- bitchslut English
- bitchtits English
- bitchwad English
- bitchwhore English
- bitchwork English
- bitchy English
- bitchy-pants English
- bitchzilla English
- boy English
- cunt English
- cuntbitch English
- face English
- fight English
- fit English
- fucker English
- he English
- he-bitch English
- hound English
- load English
- man English
- manbitch English
- megabitch English
- nigger English
- niggerbitch English
- outbitch English
- prison English
- prison bitch English
- psychobitch English
- she-bitch English
- slut English
- slutbitch English
- superbitch English
- tits English
- unbitch English
- unbitchy English
- whore English
- work English
- bikken Dutch, Flemish
- bitch Dutch, Flemish
- bitch French
- bikkje Norwegian Bokmål
- *bikjǭ Proto-Germanic
- ビッチ Japanese
- bikkje Norwegian Nynorsk
- bicce Old English
- biċċe Old English
- biche Middle English
- bitseach Irish
- bikkja Old Norse
- biche Old French
- bicken Middle Dutch
- bidse Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bičas Lithuanian
- he
- boy
- fit
- man
- slut
- work
- face
- cunt
- tits
- load
- whore
- hound
- fight
- nigger
- prison
- bitchy
- fucker
- bitchly
- unbitch
- bitcher
- bitched
- bitchery
- bitchfit
- bitchily
- manbitch
- bitchlet
- bitchboy
- he-bitch
- bitchdom
- outbitch
- bitchwad
- unbitchy
- bitchload
- bitchling
- bitchtits
- bitchcunt
- bitchhood
- bitchfest
- bitchlike
- bitchness
- slutbitch
- she-bitch
- bitchwork
- bitch-ass
- bitchette
- bitchface
- bitchless
- bitchslut
- cuntbitch
- megabitch
- bitchcraft
- bitchzilla
- bitchfight
- superbitch
- bitchwhore
- bitchiness
- bitch fight
- bitch hound
- psychobitch
- niggerbitch
- bitchfucker
- bitchy-pants
- prison bitch