Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nosebleed section

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: nose-bleed -sec-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The seats high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater or stadium, usually cheaper and with a poorer view than other seats.

Canadian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

"'Nor do I have a family box: it's the upper gallery for me, what we call the nosebleed section."

Etymology

A jocularly hyperbolic allusion to the tendency of high altitude to cause or aggravate nosebleeds.

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

nosebleed sections (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

groundling

Synonyms

cheap seats knothole section peanut gallery

Questions

What does nosebleed section mean?: The seats high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater or stadium, usually cheaper and with a poorer view than other seats.
Where does nosebleed section come from?: A jocularly hyperbolic allusion to the tendency of high altitude to cause or aggravate nosebleeds.

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