blank

Meaning of blank

noun
  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 .
  2. A nonplus .
  3. The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
  4. A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .
  5. An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
  6. (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. Blank verse .
  8. A 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. A vacant space, place, or period; a void .
  10. The 1 / 230400 of a grain .
  11. An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .
  12. A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word
  13. The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
  14. A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
    the double blank
  15. Short for blank cartridge. .
  16. (in the expression ‘shooting blanks’) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .
verb
  1. To make void; to erase.
    I blanked out my previous entry.
  2. To ignore (a person) deliberately.
    She blanked me for no reason.
  3. To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
    England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
  4. To become blank.
  5. To be temporarily unable to remember.
    I'm blanking on her name right now.
adjective
  1. White or pale; without colour.
  2. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
    a blank ballot
  3. Scoreless; without any goals or points.
  4. Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
    a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness
  5. Absolute; downright; sheer.
    There was a look of blank terror on his face.
  6. Without expression.
    Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.
  7. Utterly confounded or discomfited.
  8. Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
    a blank day
  9. Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
    The shock left his memory blank.
  10. Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
    The recruits were issued with blank rounds for a training exercise.

Information about blank

  • The plural form of blank is: blanks.
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Hyphenation of blank

blank

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • blank is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

blank synonyms

Meaning clean:

clean, white

Meaning vacuous:

vacuous

Meaning space:

space

Meaning lacuna:

lacuna

Meaning dummy:

dummy

Words that rhyme with blank

lank, palank, Blank, nonblank, pointblank, clank, flank, foreflank, outflank, unflank, Plank, gangplank, plank, unplank, slank

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