Schreckschusswaffe

Phonetic: "/blæŋk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: 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 .

Definition: A nonplus .

Definition: The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .

Definition: A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .

Definition: An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .

Definition: (now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up 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 .

Definition: Blank verse .

Definition: A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .

Definition: A vacant space, place, or period; a void .

Definition: The 1 / 230400 of a grain .

Definition: An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .

Definition: A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word

Definition: The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.

Definition: A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.

Example: the double blank

Definition: Short for blank cartridge. .

Definition: (in the expression ‘shooting blanks’) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .

Phonetic: "/blæŋk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make void; to erase.

Example: I blanked out my previous entry.

Definition: To ignore (a person) deliberately.

Example: She blanked me for no reason.

Definition: To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.

Example: England blanks Wales to advance to the final.

Definition: To become blank.

Definition: To be temporarily unable to remember.

Example: I'm blanking on her name right now.

Phonetic: "/blæŋk/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: White or pale; without colour.

Definition: Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in

Example: a blank ballot

Definition: Scoreless; without any goals or points.

Definition: Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

Example: a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness

Definition: Absolute; downright; sheer.

Example: There was a look of blank terror on his face.

Definition: Without expression.

Example: Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.

Definition: Utterly confounded or discomfited.

Definition: Empty; void; without result; fruitless.

Example: a blank day

Definition: Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.

Example: The shock left his memory blank.

Definition: Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.

Example: The recruits were issued with blank rounds for a training exercise.

Phonetic: "/ɡʌn/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.

Example: Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.

Definition: A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.

Example: There are some guns that are not designed for killing.

Definition: A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).

Definition: A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.

Definition: (metonym) A person who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.

Definition: (usually in the plural) The biceps.

Definition: (in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.

Definition: An expert.

Phonetic: "/ɡʌn/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (with “down”) To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.

Example: He gunned down the hitmen.

Definition: To speed something up.

Example: He gunned the engine.

Definition: To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.

Example: He’s gunning for you.

Definition: To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.

Example: He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.

Definition: To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.

Definition: To masturbate while observing and visible to a corrections officer.