Definition of point-blank

point-blankadjective

thẳng thừng

/ˌpɔɪnt ˈblæŋk//ˌpɔɪnt ˈblæŋk/

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

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

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

very definite and direct and not very polite

Example:
  • a point-blank refusal

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