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bluesify

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To adapt to sound like blues.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • 2000, Tracy Johnson, ncounters with Bob Dylan: If You See Him, Say Hello Most harpists back then played cross harp, sucking in on the notes to bend and bluesify them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From blues + -ify.