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Blank

noun
/blæŋk/
Word Frequency: 11.5

Definitions

1.nounA 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 .
2.nounA nonplus .
3.nounThe white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
4.nounA lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .
5.nounAn empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
6.noun(now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up 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 .
7.nounBlank verse .
8.nounA piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .
9.nounA vacant space, place, or period; a void .
10.nounThe 1 / 230400 of a grain .
11.nounAn empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .
12.nounA dash written in place of an omitted letter or word
13.nounThe space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
14.nounA domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
"the double blank"
15.nounShort for blank cartridge. .
16.noun(in the expression ‘shooting blanks’) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .
17.verbTo make void; to erase.
"I blanked out my previous entry."
18.verbTo ignore (a person) deliberately.
"She blanked me for no reason."
19.verbTo prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
"England blanks Wales to advance to the final."
20.verbTo become blank.
21.verbTo be temporarily unable to remember.
"I'm blanking on her name right now."
22.adjectiveWhite or pale; without colour.
23.adjectiveFree from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
"a blank ballot"
24.adjectiveScoreless; without any goals or points.
25.adjectiveLacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
"a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness"
26.adjectiveAbsolute; downright; sheer.
"There was a look of blank terror on his face."
27.adjectiveWithout expression.
"Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare."
28.adjectiveUtterly confounded or discomfited.
29.adjectiveEmpty; void; without result; fruitless.
"a blank day"
30.adjectiveDevoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
"The shock left his memory blank."
31.adjectiveOf ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
"The recruits were issued with blank rounds for a training exercise."

Synonyms

blank bulletblank cartridgedummyemptyuncommunicativespaceincommunicativecleanunloadedwhitelacunablank shell

Rhymes With

lankrankcrankshankskankbankswankclank
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