bloody nose

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bloody nose

noun bloody noses

  1. Canada, US Synonym of nosebleed.

    Similar: nosebleed

  2. colloquial A minor defeat. He did not think it could be done and preferred to fight a battle in the morning, give the Germans a bloody nose, and then scoot off while they recovered.

Similar: bloodied nose, blood nose

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@misc{bloody_nose_2026,
  title = {bloody nose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bloody%20nose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}