blank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /blæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: blanks
form: blanking
form: blanked
form: blanked
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.
Senses: examples: text: I blanked out my previous entry.
glosses: To make void; to erase.
examples: text: She blanked me for no reason.
text: Taylor Swift goes viral for blanking Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 […] Taylor Swift received backlash for being 'disrespectful' by 'ignoring' Celine Dion while accepting the award for Album of the Year at the Grammys on Sunday.
ref: 2024 February 4, Sonia Horon, “Taylor Swift goes viral for BLANKING Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 after diva emerges from battle with stiff-person syndrome to present her with historic Album of the Year”, in dailymail.co.uk:
glosses: To ignore (a person) deliberately.
examples: text: At high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
raw_tags: of a control surface
examples: text: The team was blanked.
text: England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
glosses: To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
examples: text: In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does blank at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RTLS guidance.
ref: 2007 February 14, NASA, “4.5.2 Two-Engine-Out Contingency Software Termination”, in Contingency Aborts 21007/31007, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2022, page 45:
glosses: To become blank.
examples: text: I’m blanking on her name right now.
text: She asked him a simple question during the interview, and he blanked.
synonyms: draw a blank
freeze
freeze up
glosses: To experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.)
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blanagram
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blankable
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank canvas
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank-cartridge
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank check
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blanken
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank end
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blankety-blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank-faced
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blankish
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank leaf
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blankless
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blankly
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blankness
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank on
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank out
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank page
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank sheet
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: Blankshire
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank signature
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank slate
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: Blanksville
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: Blanktown
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: blank verse
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: Blankville
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: draw a blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: draw blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: draw blanks
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: fill in the blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: in blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: lens blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: nonblank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: photoblank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: point-blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: point blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: proxy in blank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: reblank
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb blank
word: unblank