<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>(of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.</li><li>not filled in, as a printed form: a blank check.</li><li>unrelieved or unbroken by ornament, opening, decoration, etc.: a blank wall.</li><li>lacking some usual or completing feature: An image is stamped onto a blank coin by a die.</li><li>(of a recording medium) containing no previously recorded information: She transferred all the restored data onto a blank hard drive.</li><li>void of interest, variety, results, etc.: She sometimes occupied her blank days reading detective stories.</li><li>showing no attention, interest, or emotion: a blank expression on his face.</li><li>disconcerted; nonplussed; speechless: He looked blank when I asked him why he applied for the job.</li><li>complete; utter; unmitigated: blank stupidity.</li><li>white; pale; colorless.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a place where something is lacking; an empty space: a blank in one's memory.</li><li>a space in a printed form, test, etc., to be filled in: Write your name in the blank.</li><li>a printed form containing such spaces: Have you filled out one of these blanks?</li><li>a dash put in place of an omitted letter, series of letters, etc., especially to avoid writing a word considered profane or obscene.</li><li>Metalworking: a piece of metal ready to be drawn, pressed, or machined into a finished object.</li><li>a blank cartridge.</li><li>Archery: the bull's-eye.</li><li>the object toward which anything is directed; aim; target.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to cross out or delete, especially in order to invalidate or void (usually followed by out): to blank out an entry.</li><li>Informal: to keep (an opponent) from scoring in a game.</li><li>Metalworking: to stamp or punch out of flat stock, as with a die.</li></ul>