Black-and-blue

Definition: Black-and-blue

Black-and-blue

Adjective

1. Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises".

Usage Frequency: Black-and-blue

"Black-and-blue" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Black-and-blue" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Modern Translations: Black-and-blue

Language		Translations for "black-and-blue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		黑�'��"�色. (various references)

Korean		까맣 그리� 파란. (various references)

Pig Latin		ack-and-blueblay

Russian		в синяках. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Black-and-blue

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-d-e-k-l-l-n-u"
	-3 letters: blackland, blacklead, calendula.
	-4 letters: backbend, backland, balanced, bankable, beanball, buckbean, bullneck, caballed, calendal, canalled, clubable, laudable, unbacked, uncalled.
	-5 letters: alcalde, balance, ballade, balneal, bandeau, baulked, blacked, blacken, blanked, buckled, bullace, canaled, candela, canella, canulae, caulked, clanked, clubbed, clunked, decanal, lacunae, lacunal, nucleal, unbaked, uncaked, unlaced.
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