blank
/blæŋk/ adjective A1- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in. · blank paper· a blank check
- Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform. · a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness· Not a cloud in the blank blue sky.
- Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter. · a blank refusal to cooperate· There was a look of blank terror on his face.
- Without expression, usually because of incomprehension. · a blank glassy look· Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile. · a blank day
- Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration. · The shock left his memory blank.
- Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted. · The recruits were issued blank rounds for a training exercise.
Comparative blanker · Superlative blankest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I have to use this room as a place of business,” he said, “and these people are my clients.” Again I had an opportunity of asking him a point blank question, and again my delicacy prevented me from forcing another man to confide in me.
The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a “To Let” card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes.
“It could not have fallen from above, for these, as you see, are all blank walls.
A second was a bedroom, which also drew blank.
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