Definitions for blank
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Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. space, blank(noun)

   a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

   "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"

2. lacuna, blank(noun)

   a blank gap or missing part

3. blank(noun)

   a piece of material ready to be made into something

4. blank, dummy, blank shell(adj)

   a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

5. blank, clean, white(adj)

   (of a surface) not written or printed on

   "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

6. blank, vacuous(adj)

   void of expression

   "a blank stare"

7. blank(verb)

   not charged with a bullet

   "a blank cartridge"

8. blank(verb)

   keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blank(Noun)

   A bullet that does not harm; a cartridge inserted into a gun that fires no projectile.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

2. blank(Noun)

   A void space on a paper.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

3. blank(Noun)

   A space to be filled in on a form or template.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

4. blank(Noun)

   A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence. Nares.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

5. blank(Noun)

   A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

6. blank(Noun)

   A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the double blank"; the six blank." In blank, with an essential portion to be supplied by another; as, to make out a check in blank.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

7. blank(Noun)

   The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

8. blank(Verb)

   To make void; to erase.

   I blanked out my previous entry.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

9. blank(Verb)

   To ignore.

   She blanked me for no reason.

   Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

10. blank(Verb)

    To prevent from scoring, as in a sporting event.

    The team was blanked.

    Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

11. blank(Verb)

    To become blank.

    Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

12. blank(Adjective)

    Without color; lacking characteristics which give variety.

    Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

13. blank(Adjective)

    Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.

    Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

14. blank(Adjective)

    Without expression.

    When asked, his answer was a blank stare. When asked again his stare was even more blank.

    Etymology: blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from blonc, blaunc, blaunche from blanc, feminine blanche, of origin, from *blank "gleaming, white, blinding" from blankaz, from bhleg-. Akin to blanch ( blank), blanc, blanca, blink, blind. See also blink, blind and blanch.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Blank(adj)

   of a white or pale color; without color

2. Blank(adj)

   free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot

3. Blank(adj)

   utterly confounded or discomfited

4. Blank(adj)

   empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day

5. Blank(adj)

   lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness

6. Blank(adj)

   lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant

7. Blank(adj)

   absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror

8. Blank(noun)

   any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void

9. Blank(noun)

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

10. Blank(noun)

    a paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form

11. Blank(noun)

    a paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc

12. Blank(noun)

    the point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed

13. Blank(noun)

    aim; shot; range

14. Blank(noun)

    a kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence

15. Blank(noun)

    a piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts

16. Blank(noun)

    a piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."

17. Blank(verb)

    to make void; to annul

18. Blank(verb)

    to blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Blank

   A blank is a type of cartridge for a firearm that contains gunpowder but no bullet or shot. When fired, the blank makes a flash and an explosive sound. Blanks are often used for simulation, training, for signaling, and Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Blank cartridges differ from dummy cartridges, which are used for training or function testing firearms; these contain no primer or gunpowder, and are inert. Specialized blank cartridges are also used for their propellant force in fields as varied as construction, shooting sports, and fishing.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Blank

   blangk, adj. without writing or marks, as in white paper: empty, empty of results: vacant, confused: (poetry) not having rhyme.—n. a paper without writing: a lottery-ticket having no mark, and therefore valueless: an empty space, a void, or vacancy: (archery) the white mark in the centre of a target at which an arrow is aimed, hence the object or aim of anything: a form of document having blank spaces afterwards to be filled in.—v.t. to make pale: (Milton) to confuse.—n. Blank′-cart′ridge, a cartridge without a bullet.—p.adj. Blanked, a minced form of damned, from the usual form of printing d——d.—adv. Blank′ly.—ns. Blank′ness; Blank′-verse, verse without rhyme, esp. the heroic verse of five feet. [Fr. blanc, from root of Ger. blinken, to glitter—Old High Ger. blichen, Gr. phlegein, to shine.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blank

   Level line mark for cannon, as point-blank, equal to 800 yards. It was also the term for the white mark in the centre of a butt, at which the arrow was aimed.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blank

   The point of a target at which aim is taken, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'blank' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3113

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'blank' in Adjectives Frequency: #768

How to pronounce blank?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blank in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of blank in a Sentence

1. Edward Steichen:

   You know...that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum -- a canvas -- a piece of film -- or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something -- that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.

2. Illona Herman:

   She was very disheveled and so upset and had this blank look, her eyes were crazy and she was totally out of control. I shoveled her into the taxi and we went home to my house. She was really shaking.

3. Cat Ellington:

   If God ever commands the spirit of wisdom to depart from me, well, I reckon that I'll never be able to compose the written word again. Not in music, and not in literature. If there is a blank page before me, it wouldn't matter if my right hand held a thousand dollar ink pen from the House of Montblanc, or an ink pen branded Paper Mate, not one word would be jotted from the ink of either or, and the page would remain blank.

4. Barbara Lee:

   That resolution was passed days after 9/11. It was a 60 word resolution. It was not specific. It was a blank check. It set the stage for perpetual war.

5. Tim Kaine:

   For too long, Congress has given presidents a blank check to wage war. We've let the 9/11 and Iraq War authorizations get stretched to justify wars against multiple terrorist groups in over a dozen countries, from Niger to the Philippines, our proposal finally repeals those authorizations and makes Congress do its job by weighing in on where, when and with who we are at war.

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