verb

• to slip or fall accidentally. Also biff it.

  I didn't see the "wet floor" sign and biffed!

  Sally just biffed it on the ice.

  by Anonymous, IA, USA, Jun 14 1998.

noun

• the middle seat in the front or back of a vehicle. The term is used most frequently to refer to the back, likely simply because most modern vehicles (especially cars) don't have a middle seat in the front.

  You've got to sit bitch.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• the pillion (passenger seat) of a motorcycle. Also, a term of derision among bikers when one must "ride bitch" with another due to breakdown, unavailability of one's own bike, etc. Origin: according to common practice, men usually drive motorcycles and women sit behind the men.

  Babycakes rode bitch with Bugs all the way to L.A.

  by J. Rogers, Birmingham, AL, USA, Apr 12 1998.

• friend, usually used between females. Often used in the possessive, as in "my bitch," as the example sentences show.

  You're my bitch.

  What's up, my bitches?

  Bitches, get your ass over here and sing karaoke with me!

  by M.R, Canada, Nov 28 1998.

• in courtroom lingo in states where there are habitual offender laws, lawyers have taken to shortening "habitualize" to "bitch". Sometimes a count in the charge which falls into this classification is called a "bitch" count.

  This charge is going to bitch you.

  by Ron O., Denver, CO, USA, Mar 05 1999.

• a hassle, chore, or task one doesn't want to perform.

  Doing my homework is such a bitch.

  by John C., CA, USA, Jun 20 1999.

• a servant, subordinate, or inferior competitor. Often used in the possessive, as the example sentences show.

  Speaker: Go make me a sandwich.
  
  Response: I'm not your bitch!

  I made him my bitch on the basketball court.

  You're my bitch.

  by Anonymous, ND, USA, Nov 15 1999.

• one's unwilling sexual partner, usually referring to male-on-male rape. Usually used in the possessive, as in the example sentence.

  I'm gonna make you my bitch!

  by Anonymous, ND, USA, Nov 15 1999.

• a well-meaning greeting, usually between men. Also bitch-face.

  What's up, bitch?

  What's up, bitch-face?

  by Jen, PA, USA, Feb 06 2000.

• a weakling or coward. See also bitch out.

  Why are you being such a bitch?

  by Omar C., Amityville, NY, USA, Feb 11 2000.

• an unpleasant female.

  She is such a bitch!

  She is such a biatch/biotch/biznitch/etc.

  by Shaan K., Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, Feb 20 2000.

• one's female significant other; GIRLFRIEND.

  Is that your bitch?

  by Laura, USA, Jun 19 2002.

• a U-turn. One usually "flips" a bitch. See flip a bitch.

  Aw, man, you missed the turn - flip a bitch!

  by Jason D., Costa Mesa, CA, USA, Oct 04 2002.

• a person who complains frequently.

  Stop being a bitch.

  by Anonymous, Aug 06 2007.

• a general (if derogatory) term to refer to females, often used in the plural. See also b.

  Damn, there's some hot bitches at the bar tonight!

  Who's that bitch over there?

  by Anonymous, Aug 06 2007.

• a general insult.

  Do you want to fight, bitch?

  by Anonymous, Aug 06 2007.

verb

• to complain, whine. Also bitch and moan. Implies that the person who is "bitching" does this constantly or is overreacting.

  Oh, he's just bitching about his boss.

  She's always bitching about people she hates.

  by Anonymous, Apr 06 1998.

notes

• an acronym has been invented for "bitch," far after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."

  by Yesha, OH, USA, Dec 24 1997.

• When used in most of the noun forms, also
  
  biatch; biotch; beotch; bizatch; biznatch; bisnitch; biznitch; bisnotch; bizo; bizzo; bia.
  
  These alternate pronunciations/spellings are typically not used to refer to those noun forms that deal with vehicles.

  by Anonymous, Aug 06 2007.

verb

• to not do something out of fear; CHICKEN OUT.

  I knew Tony would bitch out.

  My man bitched out.

  by Pimp Master, MN, USA, Dec 09 1999.

• to back out of an agreement for any reason.

  He promised to go with me to the party but at the last minute he bitched out.

  by Lauren, New York, NY, USA, Nov 04 2004.

• to complain to; yell at.

  She got bitched out by her boss.

  by Anonymous, Aug 06 2007.

noun

• a slap of the manner described in the verb form.

  You deserve a good bitch slap.

  by Candy, Iowa City, IA, USA, Jul 10 1998.

verb

• to hit someone's face (usually the cheek) with the back of one's hand. Typically performed when the person is being insubordinate and is used to assert one's authority, rather than to cause great harm.

  She's gonna bitch slap you if you don't stop spreading rumors about her.

  by Candy, Iowa City, IA, USA, Jul 10 1998.

intransitive verb

• to be of poor quality, displeasing.

  That movie really bites.

  by Kaeori, Kansas City, MO, USA, Oct 22 1997.

noun

• an instance of someone "biting," as described in the verb form.

  That is such a bite!

  by Kristan, Portland, OR, USA, May 22 2002.

transitive verb

• to plagiarize, typically in reference to a hip-hop artist stealing another hip-hop artist's lyrics.

  I hear he bites rhymes.

  Man, you ain't nothing bit a biter.

  by Jayne M., Detroit, MI, USA, Dec 13 1999.

• to copy or imitate.

  I hate it when people bite my moves.

  She bit my style.

  by Derrick P., Edmonton, AB, Canada, Dec 16 2001.

interjection

• an invitation for someone to bite one's genitals.

  Person 1: "You suck at playing the drums."
  
  Person 2: "Bite it."

  by Diane J., Jan 13 2005.

intransitive verb

• to die.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 02 2009.

verb

• to fall and hit the ground. Someone can "bite it" either by falling while on foot, or by wrecking a human-powered vehicle (bicycle, skateboard, dirt-bike, etc.)

  That dude was trying to skate down the handrail and totally bit it!

  Man, you should have seen it. Joey bit it hard this morning on his way down the stairs.

  by Joel G., Chicago, IL, USA, Dec 09 1999.

• to fail.

  He bit it on that test.

  by Cindy, CA, USA, Feb 21 2005.

noun

• one who "bites," that is, plagiarizes from someone or copies or imitates someone; COPYCAT.

  The little biter completely copied my hair!

  by Anonymous, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Dec 15 1998.

verb

• to die or to get killed.

  Do you think Joe will bite the big one?

  by Tj D., Phoenix, AZ, USA, Apr 19 1998.

verb

• to die.

  by Anonymous, Jan 04 2003.

noun

• a fraud job.

  They did a major bog on their taxes this year.

  by Mike Morgan, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Jan 31 1998.

• a restroom.

  by Jane M., Camberley, Surrey, UK, Oct 19 2005.

verb

• to steal, monopolize, or hog.

  Don't Bogart my cookies!

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

• to force.

  He Bogarted himself right in front of us.

  Don't try to Bogart me into doing anything.

  by Bill M., Toledo, OH, USA, Sep 07 2003.

origin

• The band Fraternity of Man has a song called "Don't Bogart Me," circa the late 1960s. Lyrics include: "Don't Bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me."

  by Dan Day, MA, USA, Mar 12 1998.

• Possibly from the movie The Roaring Twenties. In the movie, Jimmy Cagney offers Hymphry Bogart his cigarette to share Bogart smokes the entire thing.

  by Geoffrey W., Jul 14 2004.

noun

• an injury. Considered a childish term.

  Do you have a booboo on your knee?

  by Anonymous, Jan 09 2003.

noun

• a smart, possibly nerdy person.

  Look at Tyler do those math problems. He sure is a brain!

  by Stuart O., Tallahassee, FL, USA, Jan 17 1999.

• fellatio.

  I asked this girl to give me some brain and she said that she doesn't do that.

  by Johnny "., Columbia, SC, USA, Jun 08 2002.

verb

• to hit someone in the head quite hard.

  He wouldn't stop messing with me so I brained him.

  by Cat, Seattle, WA, USA, Aug 13 1997.

noun

• an event with a displeasing outcome. See also non-bust.

  That party was a bust.

  by Amy, Brea, CA, USA, Sep 17 1997.

• breasts.

  She's got a huge bust.

  by Zack T., Dec 22 1998.

verb

• to arrest; to be incarcerated.

  He got busted for drugs.

  by D.J. Pabst, Stroudsburg, PA, USA, Dec 19 1997.

• to cause a crowd to disperse; BREAK UP. While the police "bust" a party, rave, etc., they would typically "bust up" a fight.

  The cops busted the party.

  by D.J. Pabst, Stroudsburg, PA, USA, Dec 19 1997.

• to catch someone doing something they shouldn't.

  His girlfriend busted him sleeping with her best friend.

  by John, Canada, Nov 16 1998.

• to hurt one's self.

  He fell and busted his face on the curb.

  by Christina K., Cleveland, TX, USA, Jan 12 1999.

• to give to; hand over.

  Bust me that pen.

  by Tia, South Carolina, USA, Jun 24 1999.

• to be very unattractive.

  She's busting!

  by Anthony, Hazlet, NJ, USA, Dec 06 2002.

• to rap.

  Can you bust?

  by Jessica, Chicago, IL, USA, Sep 05 2003.

• to punch or hit.

  If you don't shut up I'm going to bust you in the mouth.

  by David R., Navasota, TX, USA, Jan 11 2004.

• to perform a turn in an automobile.

  At the light, bust a left.

  by Anonymous, Aug 05 2005.

• to ejaculate.

  Did you bust?

  by max v., Apr 24 2009.

notes

• See also bust a cap, busted.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Jun 26 2009.

verb

• to fire a bullet; SHOOT.

  I'm going to bust a cap in your ass.

  by D.J. Pabst, Stroudsburg, PA, USA, Dec 19 1997.

notes

• The "percussion cap," introduced around 1830, was used to make muzzle-loading rifles fire reliably under any weather condition. (It replaced the flint.) The firearm's hammer would strike the cap, which would ignite the gunpowder, which would expel the bullet. The percussion cap gave way to the primer in modern breechloaded (rear-loaded) firearms. The primer is attached to the back end of the cartridge.

  by William G., Tucson, AZ, USA, Oct 28 1999.

verb

• see bust.

  by Anthony, Hazlet, NJ, USA, Dec 06 2002.

verb

• to hit, attack.

  The bouncers busted on some drunk guy last night.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.