Meaning & use

Bitching

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Complaining persistently and often petulantly about something, especially in an informal or irritable way.

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He spent the whole meeting bitching about the new schedule.

Stop bitching and just fix the problem.

A note on using this word

In American slang, 'bitching' can also function as an adjective meaning excellent or impressive, a sense unrelated to the complaining meaning.

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Another way to use it

2. adjective

Excellent or very impressive (informal slang).

That's a bitching guitar solo.

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