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Blues

Noun

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1.Nounplural of blue
2.NounA feeling of sadness or depression.
"I've got the blues today.; The blues have hit her hard, and she won't get out of bed.; Your blues is just like mine.; Your blues are just like mine.; I've got the lonely man's blues.; If you work here long enough, you'll have the butcher's blues just like me."
3.NounOne's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
"Your blues is just like mine.; Your blues are just like mine."
4.NounThe negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.
"I've got the lonely man's blues.; If you work here long enough, you'll have the butcher's blues just like me."
5.NounA musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues 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.; My next number is a blues in G."
6.NounA musical composition following blues forms.
"My next number is a blues in G."
7.NounA uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.
"; They marched in their dress blues."
8.NounAny of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription pain killer tablets.
9.Verbthird-person singular simple present indicative of blue
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