blank

Plural: blanks

Noun

• a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
• a blank gap or missing part
• a piece of material ready to be made into something
• a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
• A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .
• A nonplus [16th century].
• The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
• A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
• An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
• A space to be filled in on a form or template.
• An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
• Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form is to be settled in committee .
• A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
• A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
• An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
• A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
• An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
• Blank verse .
• A piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .
• Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
• A piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .
• The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
• A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
• The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
• An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
• A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word
• The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.
• A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
• A tile that can be played as any letter and having a point value of zero.
• Ellipsis of blank cartridge [since the 19th century].
• An ineffective effort which achieves nothing [since the 20th century].
• A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
• An ineffective effort which achieves nothing [since the 20th century].
• Infertile semen.

Verb

Verb Forms: blanked, blanking, blanks

• To delete or obscure, leaving a space.
• keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
• To make void; to erase.
• To ignore (a person) deliberately.
• To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
• To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
• To become blank.
• To experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.)

Adjective Satellite

• (of a surface) not written or printed on
  • "blank pages"
  • "fill in the blank spaces"
• void of expression
  • "a blank stare"
• not charged with a bullet
  • "a blank cartridge"

Adj

• White or pale; without colour.
• Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
• Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
• Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.
• Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
• Utterly confounded or discomfited.
• Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
• Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
• Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.

Adjective

• Having no content; empty or expressionless.

Examples

• a blank ballot
• a blank CD
• a blank check
• a blank day
• a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness
• a blank refusal to cooperate
• At high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.
• blank paper
• England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
• Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.
• He tried to BLANK out the memory of his disastrous opening rack in Words With Friends.
• Her face was BLANK when I played ’QUIXOTRY’, unsure if it was a real word.
• I blanked out my previous entry.
• It was an unloaded gun that fired only blanks.
• I’m blanking on her name right now.
• Not a cloud in the blank blue sky.
• She asked him a simple question during the interview, and he blanked.
• She blanked me for no reason.
• the double blank
• The recruits were issued blank rounds for a training exercise.
• The shock left his memory blank.
• the six blank
• The team was blanked.
• There was a look of blank terror on his face.
• Write your answers in the blanks.

Synonyms

blank shell, clean, dummy, lacuna, space, vacuous, white, blank bullet, blank cartridge, draw a blank, freeze, freeze up

Anagrams of blank