Blanking Meaning in English

word · lemma: blank

US

ˈbɫæŋkɪŋ

BLANG-king

UK

blˈæŋkɪŋ

bl-ANG-king

التعريف

'Blanking' often means suddenly not being able to think or remember something, or deliberately ignoring someone.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal and used mostly in conversation. 'Blanking on' is common for memory loss ('I'm blanking on her name'). As slang, 'blanking someone' means intentionally ignoring them. Context matters to choose the right meaning.

• Spanish: quedarse en blanco (mente) - ignorar (a alguien)
• Portuguese (BR): ficar em branco (mente) - ignorar (alguém)
• Portuguese (PT): ficar em branco (mente) - ignorar (alguém)
• Chinese (Simplified): 脑袋一片空白（思维）- 故意无视（某人）
• Chinese (Traditional): 腦袋一片空白（思維）- 故意無視（某人）
• Hindi: खाली पड़ जाना (दिमाग) - किसी को नज़रअंदाज़ करना
• Arabic: توقف الذهن فجأة - تجاهل (شخص)
• Bengali: মনে করতে পারছি না - এড়িয়ে চলা
• Russian: забывать (вспомнить не могу) - игнорировать (слэнг)
• Japanese: 思い出せない - 無視する（スラング）
• Vietnamese: quên mất - lơ đi (cố ý phớt lờ)
• Korean: 기억이 안 나다 - 무시하다 (속어)
• Turkish: hatırlayamamak - görmezden gelmek (argo)
• Urdu: یاد نہ آنا - نظر انداز کرنا (عام بول چال)
• Indonesian: lupa mendadak - mengabaikan (slang)

جمل نموذجية

I kept blanking during the exam.

basic

She was blanking on the answer.

basic

He is blanking me at school.

basic

Sorry, I'm totally blanking on your name right now.

natural

Why are you blanking me today?

natural

I started talking, but then I just started blanking in the middle of my sentence.

natural