blue

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective (bluer, bluest) 1 having the colour of a clear sky or the sea/ocean on a clear day: piercing blue eyes * a blue shirt 2 (of a person or part of the body) looking slightly blue in colour because the person is cold or cannot breathe easily: Her hands were blue with cold. 3 (informal) sad; depressed: He'd been feeling blue all week. 4 films/movies, jokes or stories that are blue are about sex: a blue movie seealsoTRUE-BLUE blueness noun [U,sing.]: the blueness of the water IDIOMS sb's blue-eyed boy (BrE, informal, often disapproving) a person treated with special favour by sb: He's the manager's blue-eyed boy. do sth till you are blue in the face (informal) to try to do sth as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success: You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind. moreatBLACKadj., DEVIL, ONCEadv., SCREAMv. noun-see also BLUES 1 [C,U] the colour of a clear sky or the sea/ocean on a clear day: bright / dark / light / pale blue * The room was decorated in vibrant blues and yellows. * She was dressed in blue. 2 (BrE) a person who has played a particular sport for Oxford or Cambridge University; a title given to them: He's an Oxford rugby blue. * She won a blue for rowing. IDIOMS out of the blue unexpectedly; without warning: His resignation came right out of the blue. moreatBOLTn., BOYn.