Meaning

2 senses

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, blanks.

  2. (colloquial)To be sterile.

Origin

Likening the ejaculation of semen to bullets from a gun, as in ejaculating but no semen co

Likening the ejaculation of semen to bullets from a gun, as in ejaculating but no semen comes out; see blank (“cartridge that simulates gunfire”).

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Forms

shoots blanks, shooting blanks, shot blanks, shot blanks
Base formshoot blanks · to shoot blanks
3rd person singularshoots blanks
Present participleshooting blanks
Past simpleshot blanks
Past participleshot blanks

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshoot blanks
he, she, itshoots blanks

Past simpleLesson

all personsshot blanks

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shot blanks
he, she, ithas shot blanks

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shoot blanks

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shookshootA2shootershootingB2shootout
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