bleeding

adjective

bleed·​ing ˈblē-diŋ 

-dᵊn

chiefly British, informal + sometimes offensive

—used like bloody or damned as a generalized intensive

One fan said: "What the bleeding hell happened???"

—Charlotte Tutton

I 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

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing bleeding

• internal bleeding
• bleeding heart
• bleeding edge

• internal bleeding
• bleeding heart
• bleeding edge

Medical Definition

bleeding

noun

bleed·​ing -iŋ 

: 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