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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024blues1 /bluz/USA pronunciation n. - the blues, [uncountable; used with a plural verb] depressed spirits;
sadness:I usually get the blues after the holidays. - Music and Dance[uncountable* used with a singular or plural verb] a type of slow, sad, black folk music, characterized by three-line stanzas in which the second line usually repeats the first.
- [plural][Informal.]police.
blues•y, adj.: bluesy music. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024blues1 (blo̅o̅z),USA pronunciation n. - the blues, (used with a pl. v.) depressed spirits;
despondency;
melancholy:This rainy spell is giving me the blues. - Music and Dance(used with a sing. v.) [Jazz.]
- a song, originating with American blacks, 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.
- compare blue devils 1800–10, American.
- any of various blue military uniforms worn by members of the U.S. armed services:dress blues.
- Clothinga blue uniform for work;
blue work clothes:a doctor in surgical blues. - [Informal.]police:The blues keep this neighborhood safe.
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