blues Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
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noun a state of depression
vapours; vapors; blue devils; megrims.
- he had a bad case of the blues
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noun blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
blue; blueness.
- he had eyes of bright blue
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noun blue clothing
blue.
- she was wearing blue
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noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
blue.
- the Union army was a vast blue
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noun the sky as viewed during daylight
blue; blue air; wild blue yonder; blue sky.
- he shot an arrow into the blue
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noun used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
blue; blueing; bluing.
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noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
blue; blue angel; Amytal; blue devil; amobarbital sodium.
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noun any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
blue.
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verb turn blue
blue.
