bleeding

bleed·ing | \ ˈblē-diŋ

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Definition of bleeding

chiefly British, informal + sometimes offensive

: bloody entry 3 —used as a generalized intensiveOne fan said: "What the bleeding hell happened???"— Charlotte TuttonI said, "Shirley, your house is on fire!" She looked at me and said, "Michael, that's the pool. That's steam." I was such a bleeding idiot, such a putz.— Michael Caine

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“Bleeding.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleeding. Accessed 19 January 2020.

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bleeding

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of bleeding

British, informal + offensive —used to make an angry or critical statement more forceful

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bleeding

bleed·ing | \ -iŋ

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Medical Definition of bleeding

: an act, instance, or result of being bled or the process by which something is bled: as

a : the escape of blood from vessels : hemorrhage

b : the operation of bleeding a person medically : phlebotomy

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