Dictionary

nosebleed en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈnoʊzˌblid/ (US)
• /ˈnəʊzˌbliːd/ (UK)
• /ˈnoʊsˌblid/ (Philippines)

Etymology

From nose + bleed.

Meanings

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. (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, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of nosebleed seat.
   alt of nosebleed seat

Forms

Deriveds

nosebleed plant · nosebleed seat · nosebleed section

Relateds

pseudoepistaxis · noseblood

Synonyms

bloody nose · blood nose · epistaxis

Translations (48)

hu orrvérzés (haemorrhage from the nose) · cmn 鼻血 (haemorrhage from the nose) · pl krwawienie z nosa (haemorrhage from the nose) · bg кръвотечение от носа (haemorrhage from the nose) · es hemorragia nasal (haemorrhage from the nose) · ca epistaxi (haemorrhage from the nose) · arz نزيف (haemorrhage from the nose) · uk носова́ кровоте́ча (haemorrhage from the nose) · hi नकसीर (haemorrhage from the nose) · el ρινορραγία (haemorrhage from the nose) · ha haɓṑ (haemorrhage from the nose) · is blóðnasir (haemorrhage from the nose) · ar رُعَاف (haemorrhage from the nose) · it epistassi (haemorrhage from the nose) · fi nenäverenvuoto (haemorrhage from the nose) · fa خوندماغ (haemorrhage from the nose) · pa ਨਕਸੀਰ (haemorrhage from the nose) · nl bloedneus (haemorrhage from the nose) · da næseblod (haemorrhage from the nose) · chr ᏓᏴᏍᏉᎢ (haemorrhage from the nose) · vi máu cam (haemorrhage from the nose) · sv näsblod (haemorrhage from the nose) · acw نزيف (haemorrhage from the nose) · it perdita di sangue dal naso (haemorrhage from the nose) · eo epistakso (haemorrhage from the nose) · he דימום מהאף (haemorrhage from the nose) · es epistaxis (haemorrhage from the nose) · ko 코피 (haemorrhage from the nose) · pt epistaxe (haemorrhage from the nose) · nv néʼédił yistał (haemorrhage from the nose) · ta சில்லிமூக்கு (haemorrhage from the nose) · ro hemoragie nazală (haemorrhage from the nose) · fr saignement de nez (haemorrhage from the nose) · ga fuil shróine (haemorrhage from the nose) · el ἐπιστάζω (haemorrhage from the nose) · ur نَکْسِیْر (haemorrhage from the nose) · id mimisan (haemorrhage from the nose) · pt sangramento de nariz (haemorrhage from the nose) · tl balinguyngoy (haemorrhage from the nose) · cmn 鼻衄 (haemorrhage from the nose) · de Nasenbluten (haemorrhage from the nose) · ja 鼻血 (haemorrhage from the nose) · km ការឈាមច្រមុះ (haemorrhage from the nose) · ru носово́е кровотече́ние (haemorrhage from the nose) · nn naseblod (haemorrhage from the nose) · bo སྣ་ཁྲག (haemorrhage from the nose) · cmn 鼻出血 (haemorrhage from the nose) · bo ཤངས་ཁྲག (haemorrhage from the nose)