What (who) is blank - definition
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Blank (disambiguation); Blanks (disambiguation); Blank (film); Blanks
blank
I
adj. to go blank (my mind went blank)
II
n.
1) to draw a blank ('to achieve no result')
2) a complete blank
blank
(blanks, blanking, blanked)
1.
Something that is blank has nothing on it.
We could put some of the pictures over on that blank wall over there...
He tore a blank page from his notebook.
...blank cassettes.
ADJ
2.
A blank is a space which is left in a piece of writing or on a printed form for you to fill in particular information.
Put a word in each blank to complete the sentence.
N-COUNT
3.
If you look blank, your face shows no feeling, understanding, or interest.
Abbot looked blank. 'I don't quite follow, sir.'...
His daughter gave him a blank look.
ADJ
• blankly
She stared at him blankly.
ADV: ADV with v
• blankness
His eyes have the blankness of someone half-asleep.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If your mind or memory is a blank, you cannot think of anything or remember anything.
I'm sorry, but my mind is a blank...
I came round in hospital and did not know where I was. Everything was a complete blank.
N-SING: a N
5.
Blanks are gun cartridges which contain explosive but do not contain a bullet, so that they cause no harm when the gun is fired.
...a starter pistol which only fires blanks.
N-COUNT: usu pl
6.
see also point-blank
7.
If you draw a blank when you are looking for someone or something, you do not succeed in finding them. (INFORMAL)
They drew a blank in their search for the driver.
PHRASE: V inflects
8.
If your mind goes blank, you are suddenly unable to think of anything appropriate to say, for example in reply to a question.
My mind went totally blank.
PHRASE: V inflects
blank
¦ adjective
1. not marked or decorated; bare, empty, or plain.
2. not comprehending or reacting: a blank look.
3. complete; absolute: a blank refusal to discuss the issue.
4. used euphemistically in place of an obscene word.
¦ noun
1. a space left to be filled in a document.
2. (also blank cartridge) a cartridge containing gunpowder but no bullet.
3. an empty space or period of time: my mind was a total blank.
4. an object with no mark or design on it, in particular a roughly cut disc or block intended for stamping or finishing.
5. a dash written instead of a word or letter, especially to avoid using an obscene word.
¦ verb
1. make blank or empty.
2. Brit. informal deliberately ignore (someone).
3. N. Amer. defeat without allowing the opponent to score.
4. cut (a metal blank).
Phrases
draw a blank elicit no successful response.
Derivatives
blankly adverb
blankness noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'white, colourless'): from OFr. blanc 'white', ult. of Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Blank
Blank or Blanks may refer to:
- Blank (archaeology), a thick, shaped stone biface for refining into a stone tool
- Blank (cartridge), a type of gun cartridge
- Blank (Scrabble), a playing piece in the board game Scrabble
- Blank (solution), a solution containing no analyte
- A planchet or blank, a round metal disk to be struck as a coin
- Application blank, a space provided for data on a form
- Glass blank, an unfinished piece of glass
- Key blank, an uncut key
- About:blank, a Web browser function
- Blank (playing card), playing card in card-point games
Pronunciation examples for blank
1. You can go, blank, blank, blank, blank, pajamas.
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2. blank, I, blank, blank, W. I think
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3. Blank.
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5. That was a recurring pain in the blank-blank-blank
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Examples of use of blank
1. No page that carries the words÷ "This page is blank" is blank.
2. Typically he will ask something like: "Think of a phrase of the form blank and blank.
3. I asked Elias, ‘What would you do if you saw a Boomtown Rat?’ Blank stare. ‘Who’s Bono?’ Blank stare.
4. Inside they discovered gas masks, protective suits for chemical or biological weapons, blank passports, hunting knives, and blank–firing weapons.
5. "I just can‘t sign blank paper." Some of the fans laugh, as if to say, "How can you hand him blank paper after he‘s just told you he doesn‘t sign blank paper?