blank (
http://definr.com/blank)
adj 1: of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages";
"fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide
white margins" [syn:
clean,
white]
2: void of expression; "a blank stare"
3: not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge"
n 1: a blank character used to separate successive words in
writing or printing; "he said the space is the most
important character in the alphabet" [syn:
space]
2: a substitute for a taboo word; "I hit the blank blank car"
3: a blank gap or missing part [syn:
lacuna]
4: a piece of material ready to be made into something
5: a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
[syn:
dummy,
blank shell]
v : keep the opposing team from winning, in baseball