noun
- empty spaces to be filled in on a form or document
- cartridges containing gunpowder but no bullet
- pieces of material ready to be made into finished products
Usage: manufacturing
verb
- third person singular present of blank: to make empty or erase
- third person singular present of blank: to ignore someone deliberately
Usage: informal
Examples
- Fill in the blanks on the application form.
- The actors used blanks during the stage performance.
- The factory ordered metal blanks for coin production.
- She blanks out her mistakes with correction fluid.
- He always blanks me when I try to say hello.
- There are several blanks in this crossword puzzle.
- The gun was loaded with blanks for safety.
- The teacher blanks the whiteboard after each class.