Definitions for bleeder

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bleeder bleed·er

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IPA: /ˈbli dər/

Bleeder is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in bleeder (bdeeelr).

Definitions for bleeder

noun

1. a person who bleeds abnormally because of low clotting rate; hemophiliac.
2. a person or animal that bleeds easily, especially an athlete or racehorse.
3. a person who draws blood from a sick person; phlebotomist.
4. Slang. a person who drains another of money, resources, etc.; parasite or usurer.
5. Metallurgy. an ingot or casting from which some metal has escaped.
6. Also called bleeder resistor. Electricity. a resistor that is connected across a power supply for voltage regulation and to dissipate the charge remaining in capacitors when the power is discontinued.
7. Also called bleeder valve. a valve or opening for draining a tank, tubing, etc.
8. British Slang. a despicable person. a person, especially a man; fellow.

Origin of bleeder

First recorded in 1780-90; bleed + -er¹

Examples for bleeder

"A quitter will quit and a bleeder will bleed," said the Kid sententiously.

Much more helium than necessary was being produced, and the bleeder valve had failed.

The "fire-doctor" is therefore even a greater character in his way than the "bleeder," whom we have just visited.

But the bleeder vent at the other end of the reactor had apparently kicked at the same time.

A poet with revolutionary leanings, all heart, a bleeder and a believer.

bleeder's knee, Charcot's disease, hysterical knee, and loose bodies in the joint have already been described.

The shock of that sudden release had jarred the whole atmosphere inside the reaction chamber, and the bleeder valve had let go.

A voice from a far corner called out, "Oui, the bleeder is in the end dugout, old cock!"

The diagnosis of bleeder's knee is to be made from the history.

For instance, Miss A., herself not a bleeder, comes from a bleeder-family.