Definition of bleeding

bleeding    

adjective

• an intensifier. A somewhat less offensive replacement for "fucking." Origin: the UK. See also bloody.

  What the bleeding hell do you think you're doing?

  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: censored replacements for offensive terms (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: intensifiers (list of).

  Last edited on Jun 17 2003. Submitted by Dylan H. from Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK on Jun 17 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':
bobby	Definitions include: a police officer.
LOBNH	Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
fanny	Definitions include: external female genitalia.
anorak	Definitions include: "nerd"; "geek".
whinge	Definitions include: to whine.
well	Definitions include: to lie.
bloody	Definitions include: an intensifier.
Bodgie	Definitions include: A member of a youth subculture which flourished in New Zealand and Australia in the 1950s. Long hair, stovepipe jeans, crepe soled shoes. Similar to British teddy boys
bostin	Definitions include: very good; excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
dig for worms	Definitions include: to perform varicose vein surgery.
slasher	Definitions include: nickname for a surgeon, used by doctors in the UK.
tickety-boo	Definitions include: going well; going smoothly.
keep (one's) pecker up	Definitions include: to cheer up.
bloke	Definitions include: man.
goosed	Definitions include: tired.
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Other terms relating to 'censored replacements for offensive terms (list of)':
blank-stick	Definitions include: censored version of fuckstick.
shiznits	Definitions include: See shit.
fudge	Definitions include: a replacement word for fuck.
'c' word	Definitions include: "cunt".
ef	Definitions include: euphemism for "fuck".
fricking	Definitions include: "fucking".
bleeping	Definitions include: censored version of fucking.
eff	Definitions include: A euphemism for "fuck."
smurf this	Definitions include: "screw this" or "fuck this".
'f' word, the	Definitions include: fuck.
you-know-what	Definitions include: sex.
f-bomb	Definitions include: the word "fuck" or one of its variants, when used at an inappropriate time or place.
JAFO	Definitions include: acronym for "jack ass fuck off".
hecka	Definitions include: a lot of; many; much.
ducking	Definitions include: "fucking".
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Other terms relating to 'intensifiers (list of)':
motherf*cking	Definitions include: intensifier.
bloody	Definitions include: an intensifier.
in the f*ck	Definitions include: intensifier, used with an interrogative.
in hell	Definitions include: intensifier, usually expressing confusion or displeasure.
in the hell	Definitions include: intensifier, used with an interrogative.
freaking	Definitions include: far less vulgar replacement for "fucking".
the hell out of	Definitions include: to a great extent.
sh*t	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
sugar honey ice tea	Definitions include: "shit".
-tastic	Definitions include: suffix used to add emphasis to nearly any word.
f*cking	Definitions include: Also freaking; fricking.
deuce, the	Definitions include: general exclamation.
goddamn	Definitions include: See god damn.
yo	Definitions include: used to get someone's attention.
god damn	Definitions include: general expletive.
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Other terms relating to 'bleed':
bleed dry	Definitions include: to take all of a person's money.
bleeding edge	Definitions include: at the forefront.
bleed like a stuck pig	Definitions include: to bleed profusely.
nose-bleeds	Definitions include: seats in a venue far from the stage.
nosebleeds, the	Definitions include: seats that are high up in a venue, away from the central attraction.

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