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bitch

bitch (third-person singular simple present bitches, present participle bitching, simple past and past participle bitched)

1. (transitive, with “about”) To make derogatory comments (about a person).

   Look, I saw you bitching about me yesterday, I know how you feel: why cant you say it to my face?

2. (transitive, with “about”) To criticize (something) spitefully, often 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!

bitch (plural bitches)

1. A female dog or other canine. In particular one who has recently had puppies.

   My bitch just had puppies: theyre so cute!

2. (vulgar, derogatory) Term of contempt applied to a woman, conveying a judgement that she or her behavior are despicable, disagreeable, etc. [from the 15th c]

   Ann gossiped about me and mocked my work; sometimes she can be a real bitch!

   • 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, page 70

     HASSAN: ""You cheap Factualist bitch! Go and never darken my rumpus room again!""

   • 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, I. iv. 60:

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

3. (vulgar, derogatory) Term of contempt by extension applied to a man, conveying a judgement that he or his behavior are despicable, disagreeable, etc. [from the 16th c]
   • Glenn Close in the movie The Jagged Edge:

     You called me a bitch, didn’t you?

4. (humorous, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun, usually between women, between gay men and between women and gay men) Friend.

   What’s up, my bitch?

   How my bitches been doin?

5. A person who is made to adopt a submissive role in a relationship. Often preceded by the

   Do you have to ask your girl before you do everything? You must be the bitch in the relationship.

   • 1999 September 23, Chris Sheridan, “This House Is Freakin’ Sweet”, “Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater”, Family Guy, season 2, episode 1, Fox Broadcasting Company

     Now that youre stinking rich, wed gladly be your bitch.

6. (colloquial) A complaint.
7. (colloquial, usually only used in the singular) A difficult or confounding problem.

   Question 5 was a real bitch, don’t you think?

   Thats a bitch of a question. (Or, a bitch of a problem, etc.)

8. (colloquial) A queen (playing card), particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.

Definizione dizionario bitch

	cagna
	female canine

	lupa
	female canine

	stronza
	spiteful woman

	troia
	spiteful woman

baldracca

donnaccia

fraschetta

lamentarsi

puttana

volpe

zoccola

Altri significati:

A female dog or other canine. In particular one who has recently had puppies.

spiteful man, especially a gay man

(transitive, with “about”) To criticize (something) spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.

(colloquial) A complaint.

A person who is made to adopt a submissive role in a relationship. Often preceded by the

(vulgar, derogatory) Term of contempt applied to a woman, conveying a judgement that she or her behavior are despicable, disagreeable, etc. [from the 15th c]

A female dog.

make derogatory comments (about someone)

(vulgar, derogatory) Term of contempt by extension applied to a man, conveying a judgement that he or his behavior are despicable, disagreeable, etc. [from the 16th c]

(humorous, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun, usually between women, between gay men and between women and gay men) Friend.

jocular slang: one's friend

complain (about something) spitefully

(colloquial) A queen (playing card), particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.

(colloquial, usually only used in the singular) A difficult or confounding problem.

(transitive, with “about”) To make derogatory comments (about a person).