bleeding

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bleeding

  1. Present participle of bleed.

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Adjective [edit]

bleeding (not comparable)

  1. (UK, slang) (used as an intensifier) extreme, outright.
    • "You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all." — [1]
    • ""You are a bleeding idiot sometimes, but I love you and", Harry hands him the first gift Severus ever gave him and says, "One hundred and sixteen."" — Battlefields, DrusillaDax, chapter 24 [2]

Adverb [edit]

bleeding (not comparable)

  1. (UK, slang) (used as an intensifier) Extremely.
    His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.
    It turns out he was too bleeding cheap to ever drain the oil.

Noun [edit]

bleeding (plural bleedings)

  1. The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.
    Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time.

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