bitch

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bitch / bich/ • n. 1. a female dog, wolf, fox, or otter.2. inf., derog. a woman whom one dislikes or considers to be malicious or unpleasant. ∎  [in sing.] inf. a thing or situation that is unpleasant or difficult to deal with: the stove is a bitch to fix.• v. [intr.] inf. express displeasure; grumble: they bitch about everything [as n.] (bitching) we're tired of your bitching.

bitch

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bitch female dog OE.; bad woman XV. OE. biċċe, rel. obscurely to ON. bikkja, of unkn. orig.