Blues

Pronunciation

• enPR: bloÍžoz, IPA: /bluːz/
• Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

1. Plural of blueThe painting was vibrantly colored in reds and greens and blues.
2. (informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
• 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen into the blues...
3. (singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.Your blues is just like mine.Your blues are just like mine.
4. A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.
5. (music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.My next number is a blues in G.
6. A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.''The marched in their dress blues.
7. (sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.
1. (Australian rules football) Carlton Football Club.
2. (rugby league) New South Wales rugby league team.
3. (soccer, Birmingham) Birmingham City FC.
4. (soccer, Liverpool) Everton FC.
5. (soccer, London) Chelsea FC.
6. (soccer, Manchester) Manchester City FC.

Derived terms

Verb

1. blues

   (third-person singular of blue)

Anagrams

• lubes