Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scream bloody murder

(US politics, slang) To mention martyrs and wars (especially the American Civil War) in an effort to draw empathy.

Alternative form of absobloodylutely

Alternative form of bloody oath

present participle of wave the bloody shirt

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wave the bloody shirt

simple past tense and past participle of wave the bloody shirt

(idiomatic) To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.

(informal, vulgar) Alternative form of call a spade a shovel

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of call a spade a bloody shovel