'black-and-blue' definitions:
Definition of 'black-and-blue'
From: WordNet
adjective
Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises" [syn: black- and-blue, livid]
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]