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shoot blanks en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, blanks.
  2. (colloquial, of a male) To be sterile.

Forms

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shoots blanks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
shooting blanks Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shot blanks Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shot blanks Tense=Past lexicographic