Meanings
plural nosebleed sections
- CanadaUSThe seats high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater or stadium, usually cheaper and with a poorer view than other seats.
'Nor do I have a family box: it's the upper gallery for me, what we call the nosebleed section.
2001, Sara Paretsky, Total Recall, →OCLCSynonyms: cheap seats, knothole section, peanut gallery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe seats high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater or stadium, usually cheaper and with a poorer view than other seats.
Origin
A jocularly hyperbolic allusion to the tendency of high altitude to cause or aggravate nosebleeds.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 飛機位 /飞机位
- 飛機位 /飞机位 (fei¹ gei¹ wai²)seats high in the back
French poulailler, paradis
- poulaillerseats high in the back
- paradisseats high in the back
German Juchee, Juchhe
- Jucheeseats high in the back
- Juchheseats high in the back
Hungarian kakasülő
- kakasülőseats high in the back
Italian loggione
- loggioneseats high in the back
Spanish gallinero
- gallineroseats high in the back
Cite this entry
nosebleed section. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosebleed%20section
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