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1. (archaic, historical, obsolete) A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .Examples: "Whosoeuer brought a fagot before the kynges tent, he shulde haue a blanke of Fraunce."archaichistoricalobsolete

2. (obsolete) A nonplus [16th century].obsolete

3. (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .Examples: "[…] and the freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank."US

4. (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .US

5. (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .US

6. (literature) Blank verse .Synonyms: blank cartridge, blank bullet

1. (transitive) To make void; to erase.Examples: "I blanked out my previous entry."transitive

2. (transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.Examples: "She blanked me for no reason."; "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."slangtransitive

3. (transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.Examples: "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."transitive

4. (transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.Examples: "The team was blanked."; "England blanks Wales to advance to the final."transitive

5. (intransitive) To become blank.Examples: "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."intransitive

6. (intransitive, informal) 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.)Examples: "I’m blanking on her name right now."; "She asked him a simple question during the interview, and he blanked."Synonyms: draw a blank, freeze, freeze upinformalintransitive

1. (chiefly dated) Used as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.Examples: "Miss Compton, in 'Other People's Worries,' asks rhetorically whether a young rip was not in the Blank divorce case."dated