Nearby Words
Wire Cut & Straightened www.takenterprises.com Any material, shape, or length +/- .002" / no burrs / to .250" Ø
Blankets blankets.shopzilla.com Get Cozy with New Blankets. Blankets Up to 70% Off!
Hivernage Home Imports shop.hivernage-nyc.com/ Add That Touch Of Beauty To Your Home With Our Great Home Collection
Ads
adjective
1.
(of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
2.
not filled in, as a printed form: a blank check.
3.
unrelieved or unbroken by ornament, opening, decoration, etc.: a blank wall.
4.
lacking some usual or completing feature: a blank roll of film.
5.
EXPAND(of a recording medium) containing no previously recorded information: a blank videocassette; a blank floppy disk. Compare prerecorded.
6.
void of interest, variety, results, etc.: She sometimes occupied her blank days reading detective stories.
7.
showing no attention, interest, or emotion: a blank expression on his face.
8.
disconcerted; nonplussed; speechless: He looked blank when I asked him why he applied for the job.
9.
complete; utter; unmitigated: blank stupidity.
10.
COLLAPSEArchaic. white; pale; colorless.
noun
11.
a place where something is lacking; an empty space: a blank in one's memory.
12.
a space in a printed form, test, etc., to be filled in: Write your name in the blank.
13.
a printed form containing such spaces: Have you filled out one of these blanks?
14.
a dash put in place of an omitted letter, series of letters, etc., especially to avoid writing a word considered profane or obscene.
15.
EXPANDMetalworking. a piece of metal ready to be drawn, pressed, or machined into a finished object.
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Blanks
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used with object)
Idiom19.
to cross out or delete, especially in order to invalidate or void (usually followed by out): to blank out an entry.
20.
Informal. to keep (an opponent) from scoring in a game.
21.
Metalworking. to stamp or punch out of flat stock, as with a die.
22.
draw a blank,
a.
to fail in an attempt; be unsuccessful: We've drawn a blank in the investigation.
b.
to fail to comprehend or be unable to recollect: He asked me their phone number and I drew a blank.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English (noun and adj.) < Anglo-French, French blanc (adj.) < Germanic; compare Old English blanca white horse, Old High German blanch bright, white
1300–50; Middle English (noun and adj.) < Anglo-French, French blanc (adj.) < Germanic; compare Old English blanca white horse, Old High German blanch bright, white
Related forms
blank·ness, noun
Synonyms
1–4. See empty. 8. dumfounded, confused, astounded. 9. pure, simple, unadulterated; perfect, absolute, unqualified. 11. void, vacancy, emptiness; gap, lacuna, hiatus.
1–4. See empty. 8. dumfounded, confused, astounded. 9. pure, simple, unadulterated; perfect, absolute, unqualified. 11. void, vacancy, emptiness; gap, lacuna, hiatus.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To blanks
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
blank
early 13c., from O.Fr. blanc "white, shining," from Frankish *blank "white, gleaming," of W.Gmc. origin (cf. O.N. blakkr, O.E. blanca "white horse;" O.H.G. blanc, blanch; Ger. blank "shining, bright"), from P.Gmc. *blangkaz "to shine, dazzle," from PIE base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see
EXPAND bleach). Originally "colorless," meaning "having empty spaces" evolved c.1400. Sense of "void of expression" (a blank look) is from 1550s. The noun in the sense of "empty space" (in a document, etc.) is from c.1570.
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Matching Quote
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.