blank

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   void of expression

   a blank stare

2. 2
   adj

   (of a surface) not written or printed on

   blank pages

3. 3
   adj

   not charged with a bullet

   a blank cartridge

4. 4
   verb

   to keep the opposing baseball team from winning

   We blanked them three times in a row.

5. 5
   adj

   White or pale; without colour.

   To the blanc Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd,

6. 6
   adj

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

   blank paper

7. 7
   adj

   Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

   a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness

8. 8
   adj

   Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.

   a blank refusal to cooperate

Etymology

From 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 *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc.