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1 N‑COUNT A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work. □ [+ for ] The country's president will offer delegates his blueprint for the country's future. □ [+ of ] …the blueprint of a new plan of economic reform.

2 N‑COUNT A blueprint of an architect's building plans or a designer's pattern is a photographic print consisting of white lines on a blue background. Blueprints contain all of the information that is needed to build or make something. □ [+ of ] …a blueprint of the whole place, complete with heating ducts and wiring. □  The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.

3 N‑COUNT A genetic blueprint is a pattern which is contained within all living cells. This pattern decides how the organism develops and what it looks like. □ [+ of ] The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.

blue rib|and /bluː r I bənd/ (blue ribands ) also blue ribband N‑COUNT If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon. [BRIT ] □  Olga did not win the all-round championship, the blue riband event. in AM, use blue ribbon

blue ri b|bon (blue ribbons ) N‑COUNT A blue ribbon is the same as a blue riband . [AM ]

blue|stocking /bluː stɒk I ŋ/ (bluestockings ) also blue-stocking N‑COUNT A bluestocking is an intellectual woman. [OLD-FASHIONED , DISAPPROVAL ]

bluesy /bluː zi/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a song or the way it is performed as bluesy , you mean that it is performed in a way that is characteristic of the blues. □  …bluesy sax-and-strings theme music.

blue tit (blue tits ) N‑COUNT A blue tit is a small European bird with a blue head, wings, and tail, and a yellow front.

Blue|tooth /bluː tuːθ/ N‑UNCOUNT Bluetooth is a technology that allows computers, mobile phones and other devices to communicate with each other without being connected by wires. [TRADEMARK ]

bluff /blʌ f/ (bluffs , bluffing , bluffed )

1 N‑VAR A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it. □  It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff. □  What we're at here is a game of bluff.

2 → see also double bluff

3 VERB If you bluff , you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it. □ [V ] Either side, or both, could be bluffing. □ [V n] In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades.

4 PHRASE If you call someone's bluff , you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it. □  Instead, you must call his bluff the next time he suggests a crazy idea.

blu|ish /bluː I ʃ/ also blueish COLOUR Something that is bluish is slightly blue in colour. □  …bluish-grey eyes.

blun|der /blʌ ndə ^r / (blunders , blundering , blundered )

1 N‑COUNT A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake. □  I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.

2 VERB If you blunder , you make a stupid or careless mistake. □ [V ] No doubt I had blundered again.

3 VERB If you blunder into a dangerous or difficult situation, you get involved in it by mistake. □ [V + into ] People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in future.

4 VERB If you blunder somewhere, you move there in a clumsy and careless way. □ [V prep/adv] He had blundered into the table, upsetting the flowers.

blunt /blʌ nt/ (blunter , bluntest , blunts , blunting , blunted )