bitching
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
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Adjective
bitching (superlative bitchingest)
- (slang) Excellent; outstanding.
- 1982, Frank Zappa; Moon Zappa (lyrics and music), “Valley Girl”, in Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch:
- Encino is, like, so bitchin’
- 2010, Bill Sambito, Justice Delivered, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 83:
- The car is an older model Chevy that we think is either a dark blue or black four-door sedan. Apparently, it runs rough but has a sweet set of rims and a bitching stereo system with huge speakers mounted in the trunk.
- 2012, Joanne Rock, Full Surrender, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 156:
- Were there points for who could play the most bitching guitar riff?
- 2019, Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Penguin, →ISBN, page 316:
- Besides, now Nina had a family. She had friends. She had money. She had a bitching car. She'd survived a terrifying drive in that bitching car, and there was nothing she couldn't do, or at least try to do.
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- (slang, less common) Awful, terrible.
- Just my bitching luck.
Alternative forms
- bitchin', bitchin, bitchen
Verb
bitching
- present participle of bitch
Derived terms
- Bitching Betty
Noun
bitching (plural bitchings)
- (vulgar, colloquial) A spiteful criticism or complaint.
- 1997, Gary Russell, Deadfall
- Grierson's innocence – although Townsend would say it was naivety – was rather sweet and attractive amid the sour and petty bitchings of the other women.
- 1997, Gary Russell, Deadfall