Definition/Meaning of blank

• English - Adjective: blank ( comparative blanker or more blank , superlative blankest or most blank ) ( archaic ) White or pale; without colour . Milton To the blank moon / Her office they prescribed . Free from writing , printing , or marks; having an empty space to be filled in; as , blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot . ( figuratively ) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform . a blank desert;…
• English - Noun: blank ( plural blanks ) A cartridge that is designed to simulate the noise and smoke of real gunfire without actually firing a projectile . An empty space; a void , as on a paper , or in one's memory . Jonathan Swift I cannot write a paper full , I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you . Hallam From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French…
• English - Verb: blank ( third-person singular simple present blanks , present participle blanking , simple past and past participle blanked ) ( transitive ) To make void; to erase . I blanked out my previous entry . ( transitive , slang ) To ignore . She blanked me for no reason . ( transitive ) To prevent from scoring , as in a sporting event . The team was blanked . ( intransitive ) To become blank . Usage…
• English - Etymology: Middle English blank , blonc , blaunc , blaunche , from Anglo-Norman blonc , blaunc , blaunche from Old French blanc , feminine blanche , from Frankish *blank ( “ gleaming , white , blinding ” ) from Proto-Germanic *blankaz ( “ white , bright , blinding ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- ( “ to shine ” ). Akin to Old High German blanch ( “ shining , bright , white ” ) ( German blank ), Old…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /blæŋk/ ( also ) ( US ) IPA (key) : /bleɪŋk/ Rhymes: -æŋk