Definition of the word point-blank

Pronunciation of vocabulary point-blank

point-blankadjective

trống

/ˌpɔɪnt ˈblæŋk//ˌpɔɪnt ˈblæŋk/

Origin of the word point-blank

Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from point + blank in the contemporaneous sense ‘white spot in the centre of a target’.

Example of vocabulary point-blanknamespace

meaning

fired with the gun touching or very close to the person or thing it is aimed at

  • The officer was shot dead at point-blank range.
meaning

very definite and direct and not very polite

  • a point-blank refusal

Words, synonyms, related vocabulary point-blank


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