blank

blank1 [ blæŋk ] adjective **

1. ) showing no emotion or no sign of understanding something or recognizing someone:

His eyes were blank and he barely responded to us.

a blank look/expression/face

2. ) blank paper or a blank space is empty and contains no writing or other marks:

a blank sheet of paper

Write your name in the blank space at the top of the page.

The last three boxes should be left blank.

a ) not containing any sound, pictures, or information:

a blank tape/disk/video

b ) a blank surface has nothing on it:

He was tired of staring at the four blank walls.

c ) a blank screen, for example on a computer, has no writing or images on it:

Suddenly my computer screen went blank.

go blank

if your mind goes blank, you are unable to remember something, especially when someone has asked you a question:

When he asked me what her name was my mind just went blank.

╾ blank|ness noun uncount

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blank 2 [ blæŋk ] noun count

1. ) an empty space on a piece of paper, for example, on an official form, where you write something:

Please put either a check or an X in the blanks.

2. ) a gun CARTRIDGE that explodes when the gun is fired, but contains no bullet

be firing/shooting blanks

1. ) to be unsuccessful in what you are trying to achieve

2. ) HUMOROUS used for saying that a man is unable to make a woman pregnant

blank

blank 3 [ blæŋk ] verb

1. ) transitive AMERICAN INFORMAL to prevent your opponent from scoring in a game or sport:

Our team blanked its first two regular season foes.

2. ) blank or blank out intransitive INFORMAL to unexpectedly be unable to remember something:

I totally blanked when it came to the written part of the test.

3. ) transitive BRITISH SPOKEN to deliberately ignore someone, as if you have not seen or heard them

,blank `out phrasal verb

1. ) transitive if you blank out a feeling, memory, warning, etc., you deliberately try not to think about it or try to forget it:

The experience was so terrible he just blanked it out.

2. ) transitive to hide or cover something so that you cannot see it:

Some of the words had been blanked out.

3. ) intransitive same as BLANK 3 2:

I don't know what happened I just blanked out.