bluegrass
pronunciation
How to pronounce bluegrass in British English:
UK [ˈblu:grɑ:s]
How to pronounce bluegrass in American English:
US [ˈblugræs]
-
- Noun:
- any of various grasses of the genus Poa
- a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars
Word Origin
- bluegrass (n.)
- also blue-grass, music style, 1958, in reference to the Blue Grass Boys, country music band 1940s-'50s, from the "blue" grass (Poa pratensis) characteristic of Kentucky, the grass so called from 1751. Kentucky has been called the Bluegrass State since at least 1872; see blue (n.) + grass.
Example
- 1. He 's really wild about bluegrass music .
- 2. Bluegrass is really bright green but looks bluish from a distance .
- 3. I ended up in louisville , kentucky , at the international bluegrass music association convention .
- 4. The bluegrass tribute to air : blue safari - featuring old school freight train .
- 5. They 're an english folk band with some bluegrass and rock undertones .