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KK Pronunciation

〔 bluz 〕

Pronunciation

〔 bluːz 〕


Overview of noun blues

The noun blues has 2 senses


  • blues -- (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)

  • blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours -- (a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues")


Overview of noun blue

The noun blue has 7 senses


  • blue, blueness -- (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue")

  • blue -- (blue clothing; "she was wearing blue")

  • blue -- (any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue")

  • blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder -- (the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue")

  • bluing, blueing, blue -- (used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge)

  • amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal -- (the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic)

  • blue -- (any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae)


Overview of verb blue

The verb blue has 1 sense


  • blue -- (turn blue)