shoot blanks in English

Forms: shoots blanks [present, singular, third-person], shooting blanks [participle, present], shot blanks [participle, past], shot blanks [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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”). Head templates: {{en-verb|shoot<,,shot> blanks}} shoot blanks (third-person singular simple present shoots blanks, present participle shooting blanks, simple past and past participle shot blanks)

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  "etymology_text": "Likening the ejaculation of semen to bullets from a gun, as in ejaculating but no semen comes out; see blank (“cartridge that simulates gunfire”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shoots blanks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shooting blanks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shot blanks",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "shot blanks",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To be sterile."
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        "(colloquial, of a male) To be sterile."
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{
  "etymology_text": "Likening the ejaculation of semen to bullets from a gun, as in ejaculating but no semen comes out; see blank (“cartridge that simulates gunfire”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shoots blanks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shooting blanks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shot blanks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shot blanks",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "shoot<,,shot> blanks"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "To be sterile."
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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"shoot blanks" meaning in English

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