'black and blue' definitions:
Definition of 'black and blue'
From: GCIDE
- black and blue \black and blue\, black-and-blue \black-and-blue\adj. discolored by or as if by bruising; -- of skin. livid bruises
- Syn: livid. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'black and blue'
From: GCIDE
- black and blue \black and blue\ n. the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. "To pinch the slatterns black and blue." --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] black-and-white