Black-and-blue

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  black-and-blue
       adj : discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten
             black and blue"; "livid bruises" [syn: {livid}]