English Explanatory Dictionary

shoot blanks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, blanks.
  2. To be sterile.

Word forms

shoot blanks shoots blanks shooting blanks shot blanks

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”).

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