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situation, Colloq pickle, fix, jam: I'm in a real bind because
I've invited two girls to the party. 6 Colloq Brit annoyance,
irritant, bother, bore, trial, ordeal, irritation, vexation,
Colloq pain (in the neck or arse): It was a bit of a bind
having to wait three hours at the airport.
birth n. 1 childbirth, delivery, Technical parturition, Old-fashioned
confinement: Nicole is expecting the birth of her first baby in
early April. 2 origin, creation, emergence, beginning, start,
origination: I believe we may be present at the birth of a
powerful idea. 3 nativity, origin, extraction; parentage, line,
lineage, ancestry, descent, family, blood: She is Scottish by
birth. Hortense is of noble birth.
bisexual adj. 1 hermaphrodite or hermaphroditic(al), androgynous: Many
of these microscopic animals are bisexual and self-fertilizing.
2 Colloq AC/DC, swinging both ways, Facetious ambisextrous: He
was known to have had bisexual relationships.
--n. 3 androgyne, hermaphrodite: Statistics showed that more
women than previously believed were bisexual.
bit n. 1 morsel, piece, scrap, fragment, shred, particle, grain,
crumb: We didn't have a bit of food in the house. 2 jot,
tittle, whit, scintilla, trace, touch, hint, suggestion,
suspicion, particle, iota, speck, atom: There's not the
slightest bit of evidence to link her with the crime. 3 moment,
minute, second, flash, Colloq two shakes (of a lamb's tail):
I'll be with you in a little bit. 4 piece, share, equity,
segment, portion, part, fraction: He owns a little bit of the
business.
bitch n. 1 shrew, nag, termagant, virago, harpy, fury, spitfire,
scold: That greedy bitch has the house, and now she's suing me
for half my income. 2 whore, prostitute, bawd, harlot,
call-girl, trollop, strumpet, trull, drab, tart, floozie,
streetwalker, Colloq bimbo, pro, US hooker, tramp, hustler,: He
roamed the street every night, ending up with some bitch he
found in a bar.
--v. 3 complain, object, protest, grumble, Colloq gripe: Oh,
stop your bitching and get on with it! 4 bungle, botch, ruin,
spoil: They bitched the job by using too little paint.