blank
verb/blæŋk/
/blæŋk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they blank | /blæŋk/ /blæŋk/ |
| he / she / it blanks | /blæŋks/ /blæŋks/ |
| past simple blanked | /blæŋkt/ /blæŋkt/ |
| past participle blanked | /blæŋkt/ /blæŋkt/ |
| -ing form blanking | /ˈblæŋkɪŋ/ /ˈblæŋkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] blank somebody (British English, informal) to ignore somebody completely
- I saw her on the bus this morning, but she totally blanked me.
- [intransitive] (North American English) to be suddenly unable to remember or think of something
- I knew the answer, but I totally blanked during the test.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘white, colourless’): from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
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