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Audio Help [blooz] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the blues, (used with a plural verb ) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy: This rainy spell is giving me the blues. |
| 2. | (used with a singular verb ) Jazz.
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Audio Help [blooz] Pronunciation Key –noun (used with a plural verb
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) | 1. | any of various blue military uniforms worn by members of the U.S. armed services: dress blues. |
| 2. | a blue uniform for work; blue work clothes: a doctor in surgical blues. |
| 3. | Informal. police: The blues keep this neighborhood safe. |
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n.
adj. blu·er, blu·est
tr. & intr.v. blued, blu·ing, blues To make or become blue. [Middle English blue, bleu, from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.] blue'ly adv., blue'ness n. |
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| blues
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pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
[Short for blue devils.] blues'man n., blues'y adj. |
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blues
as a music form featuring flatted thirds and sevenths, possibly c.1895 (though officially 1912, in W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues"); meaning "depression, low spirits" goes back to 1741, from adj. blue "low-spirited," c.1385.
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| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" |
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blues
see have the blues.
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blues
A kind of jazz that evolved from the music of African-Americans, especially work songs and spirituals, in the early twentieth century. Blues pieces often express worry or depression.
[Chapter:] Fine Arts
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Main Entry: blues
Pronunciation: 'blüz
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: low spirits : MELANCHOLY —blue /'blü/ adjective
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