bitching

superlative bitchingest · alternative bitchin' · alternative bitchin · alternative bitchen

1. slangExcellent; outstanding.

   Encino is, like, so bitchin’

   1982, Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa, “Valley Girl”, in Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

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   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.

   2010, Bill Sambito, Justice Delivered, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 83

   Were there points for who could play the most bitching guitar riff?

   2012, Joanne Rock, Full Surrender, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 156

   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.

   2019, Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Penguin, →ISBN, page 316

2. slanguncommonAwful, terrible.

   Just my bitching luck.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bitch

plural bitchings

1. colloquialvulgarA spiteful criticism or complaint.

   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