"bleeder" meaning in English

See bleeder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈblidɚ/ [General-American], /ˈbliːdə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-bleeder.ogg Forms: bleeders [plural]
Etymology: From bleed + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bleed|er|id2=agent noun}} bleed + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} bleeder (plural bleeders)
  1. A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac. Translations (person who is easily made to bleed): hemofilik [masculine] (Czech), Bluter [masculine] (German), hemofilik [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-bleeder-en-noun-wqYkqNoB Disambiguation of 'person who is easily made to bleed': 62 1 1 0 5 1 30
  2. (surgery) A blood vessel that requires cauterization etc. to stop it from bleeding during surgery. Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-bleeder-en-noun-wDE-Bi7d Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  3. Anything that saps a resource produced by something else. Translations (something that saps a resource produced by something else): sangsue (French)
    Sense id: en-bleeder-en-noun-0bJ-3xU8 Disambiguation of 'something that saps a resource produced by something else': 3 7 62 1 4 16 6
  4. A valve designed to release a small amount of excess pressure from a system.
    Sense id: en-bleeder-en-noun-v5sJDhjF
  5. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory) A troublesome fellow or thing; a blighter. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Translations (troublesome fellow; blighter): bråkstake [common-gender] (Swedish), bråkmakare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bleeder-en-noun-BQBHEFl4 Disambiguation of People: 20 1 0 0 37 17 25 Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English Disambiguation of 'troublesome fellow; blighter': 8 3 2 2 75 3 9
  6. (baseball) Synonym of scratch hit Categories (topical): Baseball, Video games Synonyms: scratch hit [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-bleeder-en-noun-09lf2csn Disambiguation of Video games: 7 16 8 2 9 47 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 8 1 11 43 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 10 21 7 3 11 35 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 23 8 3 9 33 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 18 8 2 10 43 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 18 8 1 10 42 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 14 5 2 13 28 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 22 8 3 9 36 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 21 8 4 10 35 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 18 7 4 16 32 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 19 7 3 16 34 12 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  7. (LGBTQ) A person who menstruates (used in the context of transgender inclusivity). Categories (topical): LGBTQ
    Sense id: en-bleeder-en-noun-3QgbF8mS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bench bleeder, nosebleeder, squabbling bleeder

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "bråkstake"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "troublesome fellow; blighter",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bråkmakare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bleeder"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: LGBTQ",
  "path": [
    "bleeder"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bleeder",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: LGBTQ",
  "path": [
    "bleeder"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bleeder",
  "trace": ""
}

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