nosebleed

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nosebleed

  • /ˈnəʊzˌbliːd/ UK
  • /ˈnoʊzˌblid/ US
  • /ˈnoʊsˌblid/ Philippines

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From nose + bleed.

noun nosebleeds · nose bleed

  1. Haemorrhage from the nose (usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity). Its pricing is highly volatile — and therefore highly risky. For all its nosebleed ascents, bitcoin also has had some gut-punching plunges. Between November 2021 and November 2022, for example, the price of bitcoin dropped 75%, from $64,455 to $16,196, according to data on coinmarketcap.com.
  2. US, obsolete, slang Nerd; geek; dork.
  3. Philippines, figuratively, slang Mental overload (usually attained as a result of having to comprehend new and/or complex concepts or languages that one is not particularly skilled with).
  4. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of nosebleed seat

Similar: epistaxis, blood nose, bloody nose

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noun haemorrhage from the nose

Españolhemorragia nasal, epistaxis
한국어코피 kopi
日本語鼻血 hanaji
中文鼻血 bíxuè, bíxiě, 鼻出血 bíchūxuè, bíchūxiě, 鼻衄 bínǜ
हिन्दीनकसीर naksīr
Portuguêssangramento de nariz, epistaxe
Françaissaignement de nez
DeutschNasenbluten
Italianoperdita di sangue dal naso, epistassi
Ελληνικάρινορραγία rinorragía, ἐπιστάζω epistázo
Românăhemoragie nazală
Русскийносово́е кровотече́ние nosovóje krovotečénije
Tiếng Việtmáu cam
العربيةرُعَاف ruʕāf
עבריתדימום מהאף dimúm meha'áf

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@misc{nosebleed_2026,
  title = {nosebleed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nosebleed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}