tapado

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: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

Example: He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To kill.

Example: He got in the way so I had him offed.

Definition: To switch off.

Example: Can you off the light?

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Inoperative, disabled.

Example: All the lights are off.

Definition: Cancelled; not happening.

Example: The party's off because the hostess is sick.

Definition: Not fitted; not being worn.

Example: The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.

Definition: Rancid, rotten, gone bad.

Example: This milk is off!

Definition: Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

Example: sales are off this quarter

Definition: Inappropriate; untoward.

Example: I felt that his comments were a bit off.

Definition: (in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.

Definition: Started on the way.

Example: And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.

Definition: Far; off to the side.

Example: He took me down the corridor and into an off room.

Definition: Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.

Example: He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season

Definition: (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.

Definition: (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.

Example: — I'll have the chicken please.

Definition: (in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).

Example: The off front wheel came loose.

Definition: In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: In a direction away from the speaker or object.

Example: He drove off in a cloud of smoke.

Definition: Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.

Example: Please switch off the light when you leave.

Definition: So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.

Example: He bit off the end of the carrot.

Definition: Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.

Example: He's off the roof now.

Definition: Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.

Example: He was thrown off the team for cheating.

Definition: Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

Example: His office is off this corridor on the right.

Definition: Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.

Example: The island is 23 miles off the cape.

Definition: Removed or subtracted from.

Example: There's 20% off the list price.

Definition: No longer wanting or taking.

Example: He's been off his feed since Tuesday.

Definition: (more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.

Example: He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.

Definition: Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

Example: I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.