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Blues
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- 1 Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:; The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore blue. historical, informal
"'Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues of ancient Rome,' wrote Edward Gibbon, 'and the same factions which had agitated the circus raged with redoubled fury in the Hippodrome.' Gibbon's judgment was that what produced the 'redoubled fury' in the Hippodrome was senseless hooliganism, and even though the Blues and Greens could be politicized upon occasion, they had no coherent aims, religious or political. Gibbon's successors had alternative suggestions, the most persistent of which has been that the Blues were supporters of religious orthodoxy and the Greens of Monophysitism."
- 2 Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:; Carlton Football Club. informal
- 3 Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:; New South Wales. informal
- 4 Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:; Birmingham City FC. informal
- 5 Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:; Everton FC. informal
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- 6 Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:; Chelsea FC. informal
- 7 Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:; Manchester City FC. informal
- 1 plural of blue form-of, plural
- 2 A feeling of sadness or depression. countable, informal, plural-normally, uncountable
"I've got the blues today."
- 3 a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes wordnet
- 4 A feeling of sadness or depression.; One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced. countable, in-plural, informal, plural-normally, singular, uncountable
"Your blues is just like mine."
- 5 a state of depression wordnet
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- 6 A feeling of sadness or depression.; The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea. countable, in-plural, informal, plural-normally, singular, uncountable
"I've got the lonely man's blues."
- 7 A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale. countable, uncountable
"Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region."
- 8 A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.; A musical composition following blues forms. countable, singular, uncountable
"My next number is a blues in G."
- 9 A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored. countable, uncountable
"They marched in their dress blues."
- 10 Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription pain killer tablets. countable, slang, uncountable
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of blue form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin venetī (“Sea-Blues”) or factio veneta (“the sea-blue faction”) and Byzantine Greek Βένετοι (Bénetoi, “Blues”).
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