Definition of "blooded" []

• Having blood or a temperament of a specified kind. Used only in combination: a cold-blooded reptile; a hot-blooded person. (adjective)
• Thoroughbred: blooded breeding stock. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I take an interest in blooded horses and two of my horses are running tomorrow."
• "Sword blooded, blood up, he took to battle like a veteran — brave in attack, careful in defense, brilliant in difficulties."
• "When CBS announcer Gus Johnson used the phrase "cold blooded" to describe Washington guard"