nosebleed

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

noun

Haemorrhage from the nose (usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity).

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Meanings

nounnosebleed (plural nosebleeds)

plural nosebleeds · alternative 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.

    2024 November 19, Jeanne Sahadi, “Bitcoin has smashed records. Should you invest?”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2025
  2. USobsoleteslangNerd; geek; dork.
  3. PhilippinesfigurativelyslangMental 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. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of nosebleed seat.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbleeding from the nose

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic رُعَاف
  • رُعَاف (ruʕāf)haemorrhage from the nose
Bulgarian кръвотечение от носа
  • кръвотечение от носа (krăvotečenie ot nosa)haemorrhage from the nose
Catalan epistaxi
  • epistaxihaemorrhage from the nose
Chinese Mandarin 鼻血, 鼻出血
  • 鼻血 (bíxuè, bíxiě)haemorrhage from the nose
  • 鼻出血 (bíchūxuè, bíchūxiě)haemorrhage from the nose
  • 鼻衄 (bínǜ)haemorrhage from the nose
Danish næseblod
  • næseblodhaemorrhage from the nose
Dutch bloedneus
  • bloedneushaemorrhage from the nose
Esperanto epistakso
  • epistaksohaemorrhage from the nose
Finnish nenäverenvuoto
  • nenäverenvuotohaemorrhage from the nose
French saignement de nez
  • saignement de nezhaemorrhage from the nose
German Nasenbluten
  • Nasenblutenhaemorrhage from the nose
Greek ρινορραγία, ἐπιστάζω
  • ρινορραγία (rinorragía)haemorrhage from the nose
  • ἐπιστάζω (epistázo)haemorrhage from the nose
Hebrew דימום מהאף
  • דימום מהאף (dimúm meha'áf)haemorrhage from the nose
Hindi नकसीर
  • नकसीर (naksīr)haemorrhage from the nose
Hungarian orrvérzés
  • orrvérzéshaemorrhage from the nose
Icelandic blóðnasir
  • blóðnasirhaemorrhage from the nose
Indonesian mimisan
  • mimisanhaemorrhage from the nose
Irish fuil shróine
  • fuil shróinehaemorrhage from the nose
Italian perdita di sangue dal naso, epistassi
  • perdita di sangue dal nasohaemorrhage from the nose
  • epistassihaemorrhage from the nose
Japanese 鼻血
  • 鼻血 (hanaji)haemorrhage from the nose
Korean 코피
  • 코피 (kopi)haemorrhage from the nose
Persian خوندماغ
  • خوندماغ (xun-damâġ)haemorrhage from the nose
Polish krwawienie z nosa
  • krwawienie z nosahaemorrhage from the nose
Portuguese sangramento de nariz, epistaxe
  • sangramento de narizhaemorrhage from the nose
  • epistaxehaemorrhage from the nose
Punjabi ਨਕਸੀਰ
  • ਨਕਸੀਰ (naksīr)haemorrhage from the nose
Romanian hemoragie nazală
  • hemoragie nazalăhaemorrhage from the nose
Russian носово́е кровотече́ние
  • носово́е кровотече́ние (nosovóje krovotečénije)haemorrhage from the nose
Spanish hemorragia nasal, epistaxis
  • hemorragia nasalhaemorrhage from the nose
  • epistaxishaemorrhage from the nose
Swedish näsblod
  • näsblodhaemorrhage from the nose
Tagalog balinguyngoy
  • balinguyngoyhaemorrhage from the nose
Tamil சில்லிமூக்கு
  • சில்லிமூக்கு (cillimūkku)haemorrhage from the nose
Ukrainian носова́ кровоте́ча
  • носова́ кровоте́ча (nosová krovotéča)haemorrhage from the nose
Urdu نَکْسِیْر
  • نَکْسِیْر (naksīr)haemorrhage from the nose
Vietnamese máu cam
  • máu camhaemorrhage from the nose
Cite this entry
APA

nosebleed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosebleed

MLA

“nosebleed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosebleed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nosebleed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosebleed.

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