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Itched vs Bitched - What's the difference?

itched | bitched |

As verbs the difference between itched and bitched

is that itched is (itch) while bitched is (bitch).

itched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (itch)

    • itch

    English

    (wikipedia itch)

    Alternative forms

    * (noun) (l), (l), (l) (in Scotland)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
  • A desire or want.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * barber's itch * itchy * jock itch * seven-year itch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
  • *
    • Capulet: ... Speak not, reply not, do not answer me; / My fingers itch . Wife, we scarce thought us blest / That God had lent us but this only child; / But now I see this one is one too much, / And that we have a curse in having her: / Out on her, hilding!
  • To want or desire.
    • He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
  • To cause to feel an itch.
  • (colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
  • * 2002 , M D Huddleston, Missing Paige :
    • "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
  • * 2002 January 4, "Cyd" (username), Itching'', in alt.support.mult-sclerosis, ''Usenet :
    • I have to take both shoes and socks off! If I go bare foot I'm ok! I also get itching on my r/palm of my hand. I itch it so much that it's raw!
  • * 2003 November 21, "Jim Patterson" (username), Behavior Therapy for Itchy Clothes?'', in alt.support.ocd, ''Usenet :
    • Basically I go through a half hour of trying to figure out of it is an fake OCD itch or a regular itch before I itch it (if I determine it's a "fake" itch, then I try not to itch it).
  • * 2003 , Ray Emerson, The Riddle of Cthulhu :
    • Ulysses thumped his side and itched his back side, then slipped into his car.
  • * 2004 , Philip Smucker, Al Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail :
    • But when we asked more about the famous man whose specter still commanded the heights, the guard just sneered at me, pointed his gun back toward the road with one hand, and itched his chin with the other.

    Derived terms

    * make one's teeth itch

    Anagrams

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    bitched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bitch)

    • bitch

    English

    Alternative forms

    These are all slang and non-standard forms, used only for the insult (not the female animal): * biatch/biotch * beatch/beotch * biyatch/biyotch * beeyatch/beeyotch * bizatch/biznatch

    Noun

    (es)
  • A female dog or other canine. In particular one who has recently had puppies.
    • My bitch just had puppies: they're so cute!
  • (vulgar, offensive) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, often female.
    • Ann gossiped about me and mocked my work; sometimes she can be a real bitch !
  • * 1959 , William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch , page 70
    • HASSAN: "You cheap Factualist bitch ! Go and never darken my rumpus room again!"
  • * 1913 , D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers , I. iv. 60:
    • 'Look at the children, you nasty little bitch !' he sneered.
  • (vulgar, offensive) A submissive person, often female, who does what others want; a slave.
    • Dude, don't be such a bitch . Assert yourself.
    Do you have to ask your man before you do everything? You must be the bitch in the relationship.
  • * 1999 September 23, Chris Sheridan, “This House Is Freakin’ Sweet”, “Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater”, Family Guy , season 2, episode 1, Fox Broadcasting Company
    • Now that you're stinking rich, we'd gladly be your bitch .
  • (obsolete, informal, of a man)
  • (humorous, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
    • What’s up, my bitch ?
    How my bitches been doin'?
  • (colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
  • (colloquial, usually only used in the singular) A difficult or confounding problem.
    • Level 5 was a real bitch , don’t you think?
    That's a bitch of a question.
  • (colloquial) A queen (playing card), particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
  • (figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
    • Karma's a bitch .

    Synonyms

    * female (when the species is specified or implied) * cow, harpy, vixen, hellcat, hussy * bastard * * * (person in a relationship who is made to adopt a submissive role) doormat * (a complaint) gripe, grumble, kvetch, moan, whinge * (difficult or confounding problem) toughie, stinker, pain in the ass * (to talk about)

    Hyponyms

    ; female canine * vixen, a female fox * she-wolf

    Derived terms

    * bitchcakes * bitchface * bitch fight * bitching * bitch slap * bitch switch * bitchy * bull-bitch * flip a bitch * life's a bitch * payback is a bitch, payback's a bitch * son of a bitch, sonofabitch * snitch bitch

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    Verb

    (es)
  • To behave or act as a bitch.
  • To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.
    • All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!
  • To spoil, to ruin.
  • * 1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 162:
  • *:‘You're a Franco-maniac…You're thought to be a French agent…That's what's bitching your career!’

    • Synonyms

    * (make derogatory comments) badmouth, slag off (UK), snipe * (complain spitefully) gripe, grumble, kvetch, moan, piss and moan, sniff at, whine, whinge * See also