blooded

UK /ˈblʌ.dəd/ US /ˈblʌ.dəd/
adj 5

Definitions

adj

1

bloody, bleeding.

Blackburn's cause was not helped when Morten Gamst Pedersen and Gael Givet collided going for the same ball, both players emerging blooded and dazed but otherwise unharmed.

2

Experienced (especially in warfare).

I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing.

3

Following a modifying word in a compound:

Mammals are warm-blooded.

4

Following a modifying word in a compound:

Only a cold-blooded killer could have done something like this.

5

Following a modifying word in a compound:

He's a full-blooded Irishman.

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