blue

blue definition

1. mod.
   depressed; melancholy. : That music always makes me blue.
2. mod.
   obscene; vulgar; dirty. : Those blue jokes don't go over very well around here.
3. n.
   the sky; the heavens. : The idea came to me right out of the blue.
4. mod.
   alcohol intoxicated. : You might say I'm blue. Others might note that I am stoned.
5. n.
   an amphetamine tablet or capsule, especially a blue one. (Drugs.) : How are blues different from reds and yellows?
6. n.
   a police officer; the police. : The blues will be here in a minute.
7. n.
   a 10-mg tablet of Valium. (Drugs.) : In treatment they kept giving me blues to calm me down. Now I can't live without them.