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How to pronounce blank
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What does blank mean?
adjWhite or pale; without colour.
“To the blanc Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd,”
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
“Referee Michael Oliver failed to detect a foul in a crowded box and the Canaries escaped down the tunnel with the scoreline still blank.”
Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
“Not a cloud in the blank blue sky.”
nounA 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.
“Whosoeuer brought a fagot before the kynges tent, he shulde haue a blanke of Fraunce.”
A nonplus.
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.
“Kent. See better, Lear, and let me still remain / The true blank of thine eye. (Act I, scene 2)”
verbTo make void; to erase.
“I blanked out my previous entry.”
To ignore (a person) deliberately.
“She blanked me for no reason.”
To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
“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.”
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