(figurative) 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 or void, such as on a paper, that can be filled in on a form or template, or provisional words printed in italics in a bill before parliament.
(now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left empty to be filled in later, or an unprinted leaf of a book.
(literature) Blank verse .
(mechanics, engineering) A piece of metal or wood cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, ready for finishing operations, or the disc of metal before stamping, or any article of glass requiring subsequent processing, or the shaved wax used for making wax records with a stylus in electric recording.
(figurative) 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.
(dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
(firearms) Short for blank cartridge. .
(figurative, in the expression ‘shooting blanks’, sports) An ineffective effort or control sample used in chemistry experiments to verify detection, or slang for infertile semen.
(transitive) To make void; to erase.
(transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
(transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
(transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
(intransitive) To become blank.
(intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
(figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
Absolute; downright; sheer.
Without expression, usually due to incomprehension.
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
(military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.