blues (blo?oz)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)1. A state of depression or melancholy. Often used with the.2. A style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs and is usually distinguished by a strong 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first: “The blues is an expression of anger against shame and humiliation” (B.B. King).[Short for blue devils, a feeling of depression.]blues?man n.blues?y adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.blues (blu?z) pl n (sometimes functioning as singular) 1. a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness2. (Jazz) 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 ?bluesy adjBlues (blu?z) pl nthe Blues Brit the Royal Horse GuardsCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014blues (bluz) n. 1. the blues, (used with a pl. v.) depressed spirits; melancholy. 2. (used with a sing. v.) a. a song of woe and yearning marked by persistent blue notes and structured in a 12-bar chorus with three-line stanzas of which the third line typically repeats the first. b. the genre of jazz and popular music comprising such songs. 3. any of various blue military uniforms worn by members of the U.S. armed services. 4. a blue work uniform. [1800?10] blues?y, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.bluesThe blues is a distinctive, indigenous black-American song form, important not only in its own right, but also because it was a major element in the evolution of jazz and, later, rock?n?roll.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited