blank

1 adjective

1 showing no expression, understanding, or interest: Her eyes were blank and stared right through me. | a blank look

2 without any writing, print, or recorded sound: Leave the last page blank. | a blank cassette

3 go blank

a) to be suddenly unable to remember something: When I got into the exam room I just panicked and my mind went completely blank.

b) to stop showing any images, writing etc: Suddenly the screen went blank.

-see also: blank verse - blankly adverb - blankness noun (U) 2 noun (C)

1 an empty space on a piece of paper, where you are supposed to write a word or letter: Use this information to fill in the blanks on your form.

2 my mind's a blank spoken used to say that you cannot remember something: I'm trying to think of his name, but my mind's a complete blank.

3 a cartridge (=container for a bullet in a gun) that contains an explosive but no bullet: Soldiers fired blanks into the crowd.

-see also: draw a blank draw 1 (36) - blankness noun (U) 3 verb

1 (I) AmE to be suddenly unable to remember something: I blanked in the oral exam.

2 (T) BrE spoken to ignore someone who you would usually greet or speak to: Why did she blank Phil when he came in?

blank sth out phrasal verb (T) informal

1 to cover something so that it cannot be seen: The actual names had been blanked out.

2 to completely forget something, especially deliberately: I tried to blank out everything he had said from my mind.