bitch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an unpleasant difficulty
    • this problem is a real bitch
  2. noun a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
    cunt.
    • she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch
  3. noun informal terms for objecting
    squawk; gripe; beef; kick.
    • I have a gripe about the service here
  4. noun female of any member of the dog family
  5. verb complain
    squawk; bellyache; grouse; beef; gripe; holler; crab.
    • What was he hollering about?
  6. verb say mean things
    backbite.

WordNet


Bitch noun
Etymology
OE. biche, bicche, AS. bicce; cf. Icel. bikkja, G. betze, peize.
Definitions
  1. The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.
  2. An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman. Pope.

Webster 1913