1. present participle of bloody; causing to bleed or become covered with blood

Examples

• The boxer was bloodying his opponent’s nose with repeated jabs.
• She fell and was bloodying her knee on the rough pavement.
• The thorns were bloodying his hands as he pruned the roses.
• The accident left him bloodying the steering wheel.
• The cat was bloodying the mouse it had caught.
• He kept bloodying his knuckles against the brick wall.