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blind date

blind date noun: a date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before.

Noun

blind date (plural blind dates)

  1. (idiomatic) A date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before.
    • A blind date is a blinkered meeting / A rendez-vous with some person unknown / A secret tryst, a shady dealing / A gambler's chance when love's dice are thrown1978, “Blind Date”, in A Tonic for the Troops, performed by The Boomtown Rats
    • Blind date—When parties do not Know each other.1922, The Tiller and Toiler, The Vocabulary of Jazzdom

blind date meaning in Tagalog, Indonesian and Vietnamese

blind date in Tagalog

romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
sitang ligaw

blind date in Indonesian

romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
kencan buta

blind date in Vietnamese

romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
dạm ngõ

Forms of blind date

pluralblind dates

Words that rhyme with blind date

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Questions about blind date

What does blind date mean?
Blind date means a date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before.
What is blind date in Tagalog?
Blind date in Tagalog is sitang ligaw. See Blind date meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is blind date?
Blind date is a noun.
What is the plural of blind date?
The plural of blind date is blind dates.

Words near blind date in the dictionary

  1. blind carbon copy
  2. blind carbon copying
  3. blind coal
  4. blind curve
  5. blind curves
  6. blind date
  7. blind dates
  8. blind drunk
  9. blind ecash
  10. blind envelope
  11. blind envelopes

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