Sekirov Dictionary

black and blue

adjective 1
verb 1
forms 4

adjective1

•
(informal) Of a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
- My arm is still black and blue from slipping on the ice yesterday.

verb1

•
(informal, slang) To bruise, to strike (a person in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it).
- Come on through I black and blue your whole crew Then I get Rudy with the Hong Kong Phoo' — 1995

forms

black and blued · black and blueing · black and bluing · black and blues

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