blank
English
Etymology
Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”) from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), English blink, blind. See also blink, blind, and blanch.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blank (comparative blanker or more blank, superlative blankest or most blank)
- Without color; lacking characteristics which give variety.
- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.
- 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, BBC Sport:
- Referee Michael Oliver failed to detect a foul in a crowded box and the Canaries escaped down the tunnel with the scoreline still blank.
- 2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, BBC Sport:
- Without expression.
- When asked, his answer was a blank stare. When asked again his stare was even more blank.
Translations
without color
free from writing, printing or marks
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Noun
blank (plural blanks)
- A cartridge that is designed to simulate the noise and smoke of real gunfire without actually firing a projectile.
- A void space on a paper.
- A space to be filled in on a form or template.
- (archaic) 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.
- (engineering) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
- (dominoes) 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.
- The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
Synonyms
- (bullet that doesn't harm): blank cartridge, blank bullet
Translations
bullet that doesn't harm
void space on a paper
space to be filled in on a form or template
kind of base silver money
piece of metal
space character
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Verb
blank (third-person singular simple present blanks, present participle blanking, simple past and past participle blanked)
- (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- I blanked out my previous entry.
- (transitive, slang) To ignore.
- She blanked me for no reason.
- (transitive) To prevent from scoring, as in a sporting event.
- The team was blanked.
- (intransitive) To become blank.
Usage notes
Translations
to make void
to prevent from scoring
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Danish
Adjective
blank (neuter blankt, definite and plural blanke, comparative blankere, superlative blankest)
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz.
Adjective
blank (comparative blanker, superlative blankst)
Declension
Declension of blank
Derived terms
- blank staan
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
blank (comparative blanker, superlative am blanksten)
Declension
positive forms of blank
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist blank | sie ist blank | es ist blank | sie sind blank | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blanker | blanke | blankes | blanke |
| genitive | blanken | blanker | blanken | blanker | |
| dative | blankem | blanker | blankem | blanken | |
| accusative | blanken | blanke | blankes | blanke | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blanke | die blanke | das blanke | die blanken |
| genitive | des blanken | der blanken | des blanken | der blanken | |
| dative | dem blanken | der blanken | dem blanken | den blanken | |
| accusative | den blanken | die blanke | das blanke | die blanken | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blanker | eine blanke | ein blankes | (keine) blanken |
| genitive | eines blanken | einer blanken | eines blanken | (keiner) blanken | |
| dative | einem blanken | einer blanken | einem blanken | (keinen) blanken | |
| accusative | einen blanken | eine blanke | ein blankes | (keine) blanken | |
comparative forms of blank
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist blanker | sie ist blanker | es ist blanker | sie sind blanker | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blankerer | blankere | blankeres | blankere |
| genitive | blankeren | blankerer | blankeren | blankerer | |
| dative | blankerem | blankerer | blankerem | blankeren | |
| accusative | blankeren | blankere | blankeres | blankere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blankere | die blankere | das blankere | die blankeren |
| genitive | des blankeren | der blankeren | des blankeren | der blankeren | |
| dative | dem blankeren | der blankeren | dem blankeren | den blankeren | |
| accusative | den blankeren | die blankere | das blankere | die blankeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blankerer | eine blankere | ein blankeres | (keine) blankeren |
| genitive | eines blankeren | einer blankeren | eines blankeren | (keiner) blankeren | |
| dative | einem blankeren | einer blankeren | einem blankeren | (keinen) blankeren | |
| accusative | einen blankeren | eine blankere | ein blankeres | (keine) blankeren | |
superlative forms of blank
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am blanksten | sie ist am blanksten | es ist am blanksten | sie sind am blanksten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blankster | blankste | blankstes | blankste |
| genitive | blanksten | blankster | blanksten | blankster | |
| dative | blankstem | blankster | blankstem | blanksten | |
| accusative | blanksten | blankste | blankstes | blankste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blankste | die blankste | das blankste | die blanksten |
| genitive | des blanksten | der blanksten | des blanksten | der blanksten | |
| dative | dem blanksten | der blanksten | dem blanksten | den blanksten | |
| accusative | den blanksten | die blankste | das blankste | die blanksten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blankster | eine blankste | ein blankstes | (keine) blanksten |
| genitive | eines blanksten | einer blanksten | eines blanksten | (keiner) blanksten | |
| dative | einem blanksten | einer blanksten | einem blanksten | (keinen) blanksten | |
| accusative | einen blanksten | eine blankste | ein blankstes | (keine) blanksten | |
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German blank, from Old Saxon blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz. Displaced native Swedish black, from Old Norse blakkr.
Adjective
blank (comparative blankare, superlative blankast)