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The correct spelling is blanks.
How to pronounce blanks
noun
Say it like: Bla-nks
The correct spelling is blanks. 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 ab… For example: "the double blank"
Usage Examples
“the double blank”
“I blanked out my previous entry.”
“She blanked me for no reason.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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 .
- 2.A nonplus .
- 3.The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
- 4.A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .
- 5.An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
verb
- 1.To make void; to erase.
- 2.To ignore (a person) deliberately.
- 3.To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
- 4.To become blank.
- 5.To be temporarily unable to remember.
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