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blankly

Variant of blank

adjective

  1. Obsolete colorless or white
    1. not written, recorded, etc. on; not marked; empty: a blank sheet of paper, a blank tape
    2. having empty spaces to be filled in
  2. having an empty, vacant, or monotonous look or character
    1. without interest or expression: blank looks
    2. showing incomprehension or confusion
  3. empty of thought; lacking ideas: a blank mind
  4. unproductive; barren: blank years
  5. utter; complete: a blank denial
  6. lacking certain elements or characteristics, as a wall without an opening
  7. Slang blankety-blank

noun

  1. an empty space, esp. one to be filled in on a printed form, school test, etc.
  2. a printed form or document with such empty spaces
  3. an emptiness; vacant place or time; void
    1. the center spot of a target
    2. anything aimed at or pointed at
  4. a manufactured article yet to be cut to a pattern or marked with a design: a key blank
  5. a lottery ticket that fails to win
  6. a powder-filled cartridge without a bullet
  7. a mark, usually a dash (—), indicating an omitted word, esp. an oath or curse

transitive verb

  1. ☆ to hold (an opponent) scoreless in a game
  2. to stamp with a die from flat stock

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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