(idiomatic) To be unable to recall a required piece of information. / (idiomatic) To fail; not to find anything; to produce no successful response.

Horizontally (as the angle at which a projectile is launched); directly or straight (at the target). / (idiomatic) Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution.

The distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.

(poetry) A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme.

(forensics) Very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).

In a direct manner, without hesitation.

(curling) An end in which no stones are touching the house, and thus no points are scored.

To complete a single fill in the blank question. / (idiomatic, figuratively) To complete an interruption, ambiguity, or vagueness in understanding, perception, or context.

A language exercise in which one or more words are replaced with a blank line and the reader is tasked with supplying a valid replacement.

plural of blank check