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blues
1[ blooz ]
noun
- the blues, (used with a plural verb) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy:
This rainy spell is giving me the blues.
- (used with a singular verb) Jazz.
- a song, originating with African Americans, that is marked by the frequent occurrence of blue notes, and that takes the basic form, customarily improvised upon in performance, of a 12-bar chorus consisting of a 3-line stanza with the second line repeating the first.
- the genre constituting such songs.
blues
1/ bluːz /
plural noun
- a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
- a type of folk song devised by Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century, usually employing a basic 12-bar chorus, the tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords, frequent minor intervals, and blue notes
Blues
2/ bluːz /
plural noun
- the Bluesthe Royal Horse Guards
blues
- A kind of jazz that evolved from the music of African-Americans, especially work songs and spirituals (see also spirituals ), in the early twentieth century. Blues pieces often express worry or depression.
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- ˈbluesy, adjective
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- bluesy adjective
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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