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situation, Colloq pickle, fix, jam: I'm in a real bind because<br />

I've invited two girls to the party. 6 Colloq Brit annoyance,<br />

irritant, bother, bore, trial, ordeal, irritation, vexation,<br />

Colloq pain (in the neck or arse): It was a bit <strong>of</strong> a bind<br />

having to wait three hours at the airport.<br />

birth n. 1 childbirth, delivery, Technical parturition, Old-fashioned<br />

confinement: Nicole is expecting the birth <strong>of</strong> her first baby in<br />

early April. 2 origin, creation, emergence, beginning, start,<br />

origination: I believe we may be present at the birth <strong>of</strong> a<br />

powerful idea. 3 nativity, origin, extraction; parentage, line,<br />

lineage, ancestry, descent, family, blood: She is Scottish by<br />

birth. Hortense is <strong>of</strong> noble birth.<br />

bisexual adj. 1 hermaphrodite or hermaphroditic(al), androgynous: Many<br />

<strong>of</strong> these microscopic animals are bisexual and self-fertilizing.<br />

2 Colloq AC/DC, swinging both ways, Facetious ambisextrous: He<br />

was known to have had bisexual relationships.<br />

--n. 3 androgyne, hermaphrodite: Statistics showed that more<br />

women than previously believed were bisexual.<br />

bit n. 1 morsel, piece, scrap, fragment, shred, particle, grain,<br />

crumb: We didn't have a bit <strong>of</strong> food in the house. 2 jot,<br />

tittle, whit, scintilla, trace, touch, hint, suggestion,<br />

suspicion, particle, iota, speck, atom: <strong>The</strong>re's not the<br />

slightest bit <strong>of</strong> evidence to link her with the crime. 3 moment,<br />

minute, second, flash, Colloq two shakes (<strong>of</strong> a lamb's tail):<br />

I'll be with you in a little bit. 4 piece, share, equity,<br />

segment, portion, part, fraction: He owns a little bit <strong>of</strong> the<br />

business.<br />

bitch n. 1 shrew, nag, termagant, virago, harpy, fury, spitfire,<br />

scold: That greedy bitch has the house, and now she's suing me<br />

for half my income. 2 whore, prostitute, bawd, harlot,<br />

call-girl, trollop, strumpet, trull, drab, tart, floozie,<br />

streetwalker, Colloq bimbo, pro, US hooker, tramp, hustler,: He<br />

roamed the street every night, ending up with some bitch he<br />

found in a bar.<br />

--v. 3 complain, object, protest, grumble, Colloq gripe: Oh,<br />

stop your bitching and get on with it! 4 bungle, botch, ruin,<br />

spoil: <strong>The</strong>y bitched the job by using too little paint.

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