(medicine) Intermenstrual, and typically irregular, vaginal bleeding commonly associated with the use of hormonal contraceptives.

(naval slang) Synonym of suck the monkey (“to surreptitiously drink alcohol from a cask through an inserted tube”)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, the, bleeding. / (idiomatic) to recover by interrupting a string of losses, disappointments, etc.

plural of bleed out

(aviation) Compressed air taken from the compressor stage of a gas turbine upstream of its fuel-burning sections.

(journalism, colloquial) Sensational, violent stories are to be prioritized.

(somewhat dated) Any disease, illness, or condition involving loss of blood from the body (e.g. menstruation, hemorrhages, haemophilia, etc.)

(medicine) A test used to assess the ability of a person's blood to clot, carried out by cutting the skin and measuring the time it takes for the resulting bleeding to stop.

A tropical plant, Amaranthus caudatus, that has clusters of little red flowers

plural of bleeding time test