Meaning

• A 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 .

• A nonplus .

• The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .

• A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .

• An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .

• (now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .

• Blank verse .

• A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .

• A vacant space, place, or period; a void .

• The 1 / 230400 of a grain .

• An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .

• A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word

• The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.

• A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.

  "the double blank"

• Short for blank cartridge. .

• (in the expression ‘shooting blanks’) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .

Meaning

• To make void; to erase.

  "I blanked out my previous entry."

• To ignore (a person) deliberately.

  "She blanked me for no reason."

• To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.

  "England blanks Wales to advance to the final."

• To become blank.

• To be temporarily unable to remember.

  "I'm blanking on her name right now."

Meaning

• White or pale; without colour.

• Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in

  "a blank ballot"

• Scoreless; without any goals or points.

• Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

  "a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness"

• Absolute; downright; sheer.

  "There was a look of blank terror on his face."

• Without expression.

  "Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare."

• Utterly confounded or discomfited.

• Empty; void; without result; fruitless.

  "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 with blank rounds for a training exercise."