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bitch (bic̸h)

noun

  1. the female of the dog, wolf, fox, etc.
  2. Archaic a lewd or promiscuous woman
  3. Slang a woman regarded as malicious, bad-tempered, or aggressive: a term of contempt
  4. Slang anything especially unpleasant or difficult
  5. ☆ Slang a complaint

Etymology: ME bicche < OE bicce; akin to ON bikkja

intransitive verb

☆ Slang to complain

transitive verb

  1. Etymology: ? infl. by botch

    to bungle: usually with up
  2. to behave spitefully or angrily toward

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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