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1 N‑UNCOUNT Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals. □  The baby whale develops a thick layer of blubber to protect it from the cold sea.

2 VERB If someone blubbers , they cry noisily and in an unattractive way. [INFORMAL ] □ [V ] She started to blubber like a child.

bludg|eon /blʌ dʒ ^ə n/ (bludgeons , bludgeoning , bludgeoned )

1 VERB To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object. □ [V n] He broke into the old man's house and bludgeoned him with a hammer. □ [V -ed + to ] A wealthy businessman has been found bludgeoned to death.

2 VERB If someone bludgeons you into doing something, they make you do it by behaving aggressively. □ [V n + into ] Their approach simply bludgeons you into submission.

blue ◆◆◆ /bluː / (bluer , bluest , blues )

1 COLOUR Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day. □  There were swallows in the cloudless blue sky. □  She fixed her pale blue eyes on her father's. □  …colourful blues and reds.

2 N‑PLURAL The blues is a type of music which was developed by African American musicians in the southern United States. It is characterized by a slow tempo and a strong rhythm.

3 N‑PLURAL If you have got the blues , you feel sad and depressed. [INFORMAL ] □  Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues.

4 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are feeling blue , you are feeling sad or depressed, often when there is no particular reason. [INFORMAL ] □  There's no earthly reason for me to feel so blue.

5 ADJ [ADJ n] Blue films, stories, or jokes are about sex. □  …a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies.

6 PHRASE If something happens out of the blue , it happens unexpectedly. □  One of them wrote to us out of the blue several years later.

7blue moon → see moon

blue ^baby (blue babies ) N‑COUNT A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart.

blue|bell /bluː bel/ (bluebells ) N‑COUNT Bluebells are plants that have blue bell-shaped flowers on thin upright stems. Bluebells flower in the spring.

blue|berry /bluː bəri, [AM ] -beri/ (blueberries ) N‑COUNT A blueberry is a small dark blue fruit that is found in North America. Blueberries are usually cooked before they are eaten.

blue -bla ck COLOUR Something that is blue-black is bluish black in colour. □  …blue-black feathers.

blue -bloo ded ADJ A blue-blooded person is from a royal or noble family. □  …blue-blooded aristocrats.

blue book (blue books ) also Blue Book N‑COUNT A blue book is an official government report or register of statistics. [BRIT ]

blue|bottle /bluː bɒt ^ə l/ (bluebottles ) N‑COUNT A bluebottle is a large fly with a shiny dark-blue body.

blue chi p (blue chips ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable. [BUSINESS ] □  Blue chip issues were sharply higher by the end of the day.

blue -co llar ADJ [ADJ n] Blue-collar workers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices.

blue -eyed bo y (blue-eyed boys ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Someone's blue-eyed boy is a young man who they like better than anyone else and who therefore receives better treatment than other people. [BRIT , DISAPPROVAL ] □  He was the media's blue-eyed boy. in AM, use fair-haired boy

blue|grass /bluː grɑːs, -græs/ N‑UNCOUNT Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States.

blue|ish /bluː I ʃ/ → see bluish

blue jeans N‑PLURAL [oft a pair of N ] Blue jeans are the same as jeans . □  …faded blue jeans.

blue|print /bluː pr I nt/ (blueprints )