[
  {
    "word": "blank",
    "phonetic": "/bl\u00e6\u014bk/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/bl\u00e6\u014bk/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/blank-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79241208",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "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 .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A nonplus .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "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 .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "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 .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Blank verse .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "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 .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A vacant space, place, or period; a void .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The 1 / 230400 of a grain .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the double blank"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Short for blank cartridge. .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the expression \u2018shooting blanks\u2019) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "blank bullet",
          "blank cartridge"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To make void; to erase.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I blanked out my previous entry."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To ignore (a person) deliberately.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She blanked me for no reason."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "England blanks Wales to advance to the final."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To become blank.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be temporarily unable to remember.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'm blanking on her name right now."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "White or pale; without colour.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a blank ballot"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Scoreless; without any goals or points.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Absolute; downright; sheer.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There was a look of blank terror on his face."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Without expression.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Utterly confounded or discomfited.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Empty; void; without result; fruitless.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a blank day"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The shock left his memory blank."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The recruits were issued with blank rounds for a training exercise."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blank"
    ]
  }
]