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blue-sky

blue-sky adjective: involving or relating to fake stocks and bonds. Also the alternative form of blue-skies.

Adjective

blue-sky

  1. (US, dated) Involving or relating to fake stocks and bonds.
    • In that connection, when he is heard, I wish you would ask Mr. Commissioner Thompson in regard to his experience with the blue-sky cases; that is, the issuance of fake stock.1919, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, High Cost of Living as Affected by Trust and Monopolies, page 12
    • Senator KENYON. Do you have any blue-sky laws in Illinois?
      Mr. FORGAN. Yes, sir; we have.
      Senator KENYON. Are they pretty satisfactory in preventing the fake stock?1921, Reconstruction and Production: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Reconstruction and Production, United States Senate, Sixty-sixth Congress, Third Session, page 970

Verb

blue-sky (third-person singular simple present blue-skies, present participle blue-skying, simple past and past participle blue-skied)

  1. (transitive) To engage in blue-sky thinking about.
    • We looked at everything, blue-skied it. We have a different organization than the Air Force, you know. They push it all to the base level with some central direction from the top and some direction from the major command. Ours essentially is technical direction, financial management from the top […]1978, Hearings, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Investigations. Nonappropriated Fund Panel
    • Maryville Technologies' stated commitments reads: “We will listen carefully to our clients and learn their technical and business needs to serve them well.” Maryville Technologies did just that with techies.com. “We sat down and blue-skied it," says Gibbons, who spearheaded the engagement.2000, Computerworld, volume 34, number 31, page 29
    Synonyms:
    brainstorm

Also used as

blue-sky is also the alternative form of blue-skies.

Synonyms of blue-sky

Forms of blue-sky

third-person singular presentblue-skies
present participleblue-skying
past participleblue-skied
pastblue-skied

Phrases with blue-sky

Questions about blue-sky

What does blue-sky mean?
Blue-sky means involving or relating to fake stocks and bonds.
What part of speech is blue-sky?
Blue-sky can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near blue-sky in the dictionary

  1. blue-rinsing
  2. blue-sided leaf frog
  3. blue-sided leaf frogs
  4. blue-skied
  5. blue-skies
  6. blue-sky
  7. blue-sky law
  8. blue-sky laws
  9. blue-sky thinking
  10. blue-skying
  11. blue-spotted

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