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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word blue moons:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. blue moons: Merriam-Webster
  2. blue moons: Collins English Dictionary
  3. blue moons: Vocabulary.com
  4. blue moons: Wiktionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. blue moons: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Blue moons: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

(Note: See blue_moon as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (blue moon)

noun:  (countable) An extra full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year, namely:
noun:  The third full moon in a season that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.
noun:  The second of two full moons that occur in the same calendar month (a definition created by mistake in the 20th century).
noun:  (countable, rare) The moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.
noun:  (countable, idiomatic, by extension) A long time.
noun:  (uncountable) A bright blue, sweet-flavored ice cream that is popular in the Midwestern U.S. and is a component of Superman ice cream.
▸ Also see blue_moon


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