bluebook
bluebook Lexical Profile
bluebook Game Scores & Validity
• noun
American An authoritative reference guide listing the standard market values and prices of used automobiles or other goods.
"Before making an offer on the used sedan, she checked the bluebook to verify its fair market value."
American A small booklet with a blue paper cover and lined pages used by students for writing answers to essay examinations.
"The professor instructed every student to bring two blank bluebooks and a pen to the final exam."
American A directory of socially prominent people or government officials, or the standard manual of legal citation in the United States.
"First-year law students spend hours learning how to format case citations according to the bluebook."
• verb
American To check, verify, and format legal citations in a document according to the rules of The Bluebook legal style guide.
"The junior editors stayed late at the law review office to bluebook the upcoming journal articles."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as a closed compound from 'blue' and 'book', originally referring to official British parliamentary reports and later American examination booklets and reference directories bound in blue paper covers.