Blank | Mean of blank in English Dictionary

/ˈblæŋk/

• without any writing, marks, or pictures
1. a blank sheet of paper
2. Leave that line blank. [=don't write on that line]
3. a book with blank pages
4. a blank wall
• having empty spaces to be filled in with information
1. a blank passport application/form
2. Sign your name on the blank line. [=a line that marks a place where you should write something]
• without any recorded sound or information
1. a blank tape/disk/CD

• not showing any emotion
1. She gave me a blank look [=did not show any emotion or response] when I asked her where she had been.
2. a blank expression/stare
• stated in a very direct and certain way
1. I was surprised by her blank refusal to loan me the money.
2. a blank [=(more commonly) flat] denial
• to suddenly stop showing letters, images, etc.
1. The screen on my computer went blank.
• Noun
• an empty space on a document where you put information
1. The form has a blank for your signature.
2. Please fill in the blanks. [=put information in the blank spaces]
3. At the end of the movie, the narrator goes back and fills in (all) the blanks. [=the narrator provides missing information about the movie's plot]
• a period of time that you cannot remember anything about
1. He says that the first hour after the accident is a complete blank. [=he cannot remember anything that happened for an hour after the accident]
2. I should know the answer, but my mind's a blank.
3. I drew a blank when I tried to remember his name.
• a gun cartridge that is filled with powder but that does not contain a bullet
1. The actors are shooting/firing blanks.
• Verb
• to keep (the opposing team) from scoring
1. The goalie blanked the Falcons for two periods in the hockey game.
• to behave in an unfriendly way toward (someone you have been friendly with in the past)
1. His former friends blanked [=cut, snubbed] him in the street after the scandal.
• to completely hide or cover (something)
1. They blanked out [=blacked out] parts of the document before making it public.
• to cause (something) to be forgotten
1. The injury blanked out parts of his memory.
• to completely forget (something)
1. She has blanked out [=blocked out] what happened that night.