"bitch" meaning in English

See bitch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɪtʃ/ Audio: en-us-bitch.ogg [US], en-uk-bitch.ogg [UK] Forms: bitch [singular], bitches [plural]
enPR: bĭch Head templates: {{noun|bitch|bitches}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A female dog.
    Sense id: simple-bitch-en-noun-cU7EbvrB
  2. A cruel woman or a woman that is difficult to get along with.
    Sense id: simple-bitch-en-noun-l98Egpd9 Categories (other): Vulgar
  3. Someone who is forced to have sexual intercourse with someone else.
    Sense id: simple-bitch-en-noun-qSG9VIK5 Categories (other): Vulgar
  4. Someone who is controlled by someone else.
    Sense id: simple-bitch-en-noun-GX05NVNc Categories (other): Vulgar
  5. A woman who has many sex partners.
    Sense id: simple-bitch-en-noun--VS7onYU Categories (other): Vulgar
  6. An insulting word for any woman.
    Sense id: simple-bitch-en-noun-heBFImaB Categories (other): Vulgar

Verb

IPA: /bɪtʃ/ Audio: en-us-bitch.ogg [US], en-uk-bitch.ogg [UK] Forms: bitch [canonical], bitches [third-person, singular], bitched [past], bitched [past, participle], bitching [present, participle]
enPR: bĭch Head templates: {{verb|bitch|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To complain or criticize.
    Sense id: simple-bitch-en-verb-odwaAZLi
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitch",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bitch",
        "2": "bitches"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A female dog."
      ],
      "id": "simple-bitch-en-noun-cU7EbvrB",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vulgar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I hate that bitch, she always treats me like shit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cruel woman or a woman that is difficult to get along with."
      ],
      "id": "simple-bitch-en-noun-l98Egpd9",
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vulgar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was the bitch for the other men in prison."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who is forced to have sexual intercourse with someone else."
      ],
      "id": "simple-bitch-en-noun-qSG9VIK5",
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vulgar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Everyone who works here is Kenny's bitch."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who is controlled by someone else."
      ],
      "id": "simple-bitch-en-noun-GX05NVNc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "by extension",
        "countable",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vulgar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The rapper's song was about \"bitches and hoes,\" just like his last one."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A woman who has many sex partners."
      ],
      "id": "simple-bitch-en-noun--VS7onYU",
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vulgar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Damn, I can't believe that car is owned by a bitch."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An insulting word for any woman."
      ],
      "id": "simple-bitch-en-noun-heBFImaB",
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar",
        "countable",
        "very offensive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "bĭch"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪtʃ/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/bItS/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bitch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-bitch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitch"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "bitch",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitched",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitching",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bitch",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To complain or criticize."
      ],
      "id": "simple-bitch-en-verb-odwaAZLi"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "bĭch"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪtʃ/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/bItS/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bitch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-bitch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitch"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitch",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bitch",
        "2": "bitches"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female dog."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Vulgar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I hate that bitch, she always treats me like shit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cruel woman or a woman that is difficult to get along with."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Vulgar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was the bitch for the other men in prison."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who is forced to have sexual intercourse with someone else."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Vulgar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Everyone who works here is Kenny's bitch."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who is controlled by someone else."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "by extension",
        "countable",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Vulgar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The rapper's song was about \"bitches and hoes,\" just like his last one."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A woman who has many sex partners."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Vulgar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Damn, I can't believe that car is owned by a bitch."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An insulting word for any woman."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar",
        "countable",
        "very offensive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "bĭch"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪtʃ/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/bItS/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bitch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-bitch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitch"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitch",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitches",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitched",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitching",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bitch",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To complain or criticize."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "bĭch"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪtʃ/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/bItS/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bitch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-bitch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitch"
}

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