blues: Meaning and Definition of

blues

1. depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy: This rainy spell is giving me the blues.
1. 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.
2. the genre constituting such songs.

blues

1. any of various blue military uniforms worn by members of the U.S. armed services: dress blues.
2. a blue uniform for work; blue work clothes: a doctor in surgical blues.
3. police: The blues keep this neighborhood safe.