different between nosebleed vs noseblood

English

Alternative forms

• nose bleed

Etymology

From nose +? bleed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??z?bli?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?no?z?blid/

Noun

nosebleed (plural nosebleeds)

1. A haemorrhage from the nose; most specifically, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity.
2. (US obsolete slang) a nerd or a geek or a dork

Synonyms

• epistaxis, blood nose (Australia)

Derived terms

• nosebleed seat

Translations

See also

• nosebleed seat
• pseudoepistaxis

Cebuano

Etymology

From English nosebleed.

Adjective

nosebleed

1. (nonstandard, informal) (of an idea or argument) highly intellectual for one's own capabilities.

Verb

nosebleed

1. (nonstandard, informal) To struggle with English or to struggle to keep up conversation with an English speaker.
2. (nonstandard, informal) To tackle an idea or argument that is viewed too intellectual for one's own capabilities.

Tagalog

Etymology

From the English nosebleed.

Noun

nosebleed

1. (informal) A highly intellectual idea, argument, or task.

   Nosebleed ang mag-memoriya ng sangkatutak na mga formula sa isang gabi. -- Memorizing a whole bunch of formulas in one night is a nosebleed.

Verb

nosebleed

1. (informal) To face or tackle a highly intellectual idea, argument, or task.

English

Etymology

nose +? blood, after the fashion of nosebleed

Noun

noseblood (uncountable)

1. The blood produced from a nosebleed.
   • 2004, Richard Monaco, Parsival Or a Knight's Tale, page 38

     […] she said, sharply, "if we women had great fists as big as yours there might be a juster spurting of noseblood, Broad One."

Anagrams

• blood nose