Used chiefly in British, Australian and New Zealand English as an intensifying adverb before adjectives, adverbs or verb phrases.
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Used as an intensifier to add emphasis to an adjective, adverb, or verb phrase, often conveying annoyance or surprise. That was a bloody brilliant performance!
Transitive verb meaning ‘to cover with blood’ or ‘to wound’; regular morphology.
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To cover or stain with blood; to wound so as to make bleed. The boxer bloodied his opponent’s nose in the first round.