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adj/blænk//blaŋk//blæːnk/
  1. 1

    White or pale; without colour.archaic

    • To the blanc Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd,
  2. 2

    Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.

    • blank paper
    • a blank check
  3. 3

    Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.figuratively

    • a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness
    • Not a cloud in the blank blue sky.
  4. 4

    Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.

    • a blank refusal to cooperate
    • There was a look of blank terror on his face.
  5. 5

    Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.figuratively

    • a blank glassy look
    • Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.
  6. 6

    Utterly confounded or discomfited.

    • Adam […] Aſtonied ſtood and Blank,
  7. 7

    Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.

    • a blank day
  8. 8

    Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.

    • The shock left his memory blank.
  9. 9

    Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.

    • The recruits were issued blank rounds for a training exercise.
noun/blænk//blaŋk//blæːnk/
  1. 1

    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.archaichistoricalobsolete

    • Whosoeuer brought a fagot before the kynges tent, he shulde haue a blanke of Fraunce.
  2. 2

    A nonplus.obsolete

  3. 3

    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.

    • Des. […] And stood within the blank of his displeasure / For my free speech! (Act III, scene 11)
    • Kent. See better, Lear, and let me still remain / The true blank of thine eye. (Act I, scene 2)
  4. 4

    A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.

    • […] and in Fortune's Lottery lies / A heap of Blanks, like this, for one ſmall Prize.
  5. 5

    An empty space; a void, for example on a paper.; A space to be filled in on a form or template.

    • Write your answers in the blanks.
  6. 6

    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.

  7. 7

    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.US

    • […] and the freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank.
  8. 8

    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.US

  9. 9

    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.US

  10. 10

    Blank verse.

verb/blænk//blaŋk//blæːnk/
  1. 1

    To make void; to erase.transitive

    • I blanked out my previous entry.
  2. 2

    To ignore (a person) deliberately.slangtransitive

    • She blanked me for no reason.
  3. 3

    To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.transitive

    • 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.
  4. 4

    To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.transitive

    • The team was blanked.
    • England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
  5. 5

    To become blank.intransitive

    • In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does blank at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RT
  6. 6

    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.)informalintransitive

    • I’m blanking on her name right now.
    • She asked him a simple question during the interview, and he blanked.

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