blanking

Verb

blank (third-person singular simple present blanks, present participle blanking, simple past and past participle blanked)

1. (transitive) To make void; to erase.
   • I blanked out my previous entry.
2. (slang, transitive) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
   • She blanked me for no reason.
3. (transitive) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
   • At high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.
4. (transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
   • The team was blanked.
5. (intransitive) To become blank.
   • In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does blank at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RTLS guidance.2007 February 14, NASA, “4.5.2 Two-Engine-Out Contingency Software Termination”, in Contingency Aborts 21007/31007, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2022, page 45
6. (informal, intransitive) To experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.)
   • I’m blanking on her name right now.

   Synonyms:

   draw a blank, freeze, freeze up

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