1. Female of any member of the dog family
   "The bitch nursed her litter of puppies"
    
2. [vulgar, informal] A person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
   "she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch";
    
3. [informal] An unpleasant difficulty
   "this problem is a real bitch"
    
4. [informal] A complaint or act of complaining
   "The neighbours had a bitch about the noise";
   - objection, gripe [informal], kick [informal], beef [informal], squawk [informal]

1. Complain
   "What was he bitching about?";
   - gripe, grouse, crab [informal], beef [informal], squawk, bellyache [informal], holler [informal]
    
2. Speak maliciously about someone who is not present
   "She was caught bitching about her coworkers";
   - backbite

Derived forms: bitching, bitched, bitches

Type of: canid, canine, complain, difficultness, difficulty, disagreeable person, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], moan, plain [archaic], sound off, speech act, unpleasant person

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