Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blank out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: blank out
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become blank.

Intransitive verb

verb

To become blank.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause (something) to become blank.

Transitive verb

verb

To cause (something) to become blank.

Transitive verb

verb

To get even; to neutralise.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He removed the paper from the heat, and the paper blanked out."
"The screen blanked out during the power cut."
"He blanked out five minutes into the meeting."
"I'm blanking out on your name, I'm afraid."
"The teacher blanked out some words from the text, which the students had to fill in."
"They had to blank out five obscenities before airing the song."

Usage

Inflected Forms

blanks out (present, singular) blanking out (participle, present) blanked out (participle, past) blanked out (past)

Derived Forms

blankout

Frequently Paired Words

black out

Synonyms

forget block draw a blank

Questions

What does blank out mean?: To become blank.

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