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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Blunt, outright.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Horizontally (as the angle at which a projectile is launched); directly or straight (at the target).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Examples
- I asked him point blank whether he was cheating on his wife.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Polish:
bezpośredni
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Spanish:
a bocajarro
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Spanish:
a quemarropa
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Bulgarian:
от упор
(ot upor)
— straight at the target
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French:
à bout portant
— straight at the target
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German:
in Kernschussweite
— straight at the target
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Hebrew:
בטווח אפס
(batvákh éfes)
— straight at the target
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Italian:
a bruciapelo
— straight at the target
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Polish:
bezpośrednio
— straight at the target
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Portuguese:
à queima-roupa
— straight at the target
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Spanish:
a quemarropa
— straight at the target
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Spanish:
de punta en blanco
— straight at the target
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Spanish:
de punto en blanco
— straight at the target
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Spanish:
a bocajarro
— straight at the target
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Bulgarian:
решително
(rešitelno)
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Bulgarian:
категорично
(kategorično)
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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French:
tout de go
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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French:
de but en blanc
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Hungarian:
kerek perec
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Italian:
a bruciapelo
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Japanese:
単刀直入
(tantōchokunyū)
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Polish:
bezpośrednio
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Polish:
wprost
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Polish:
bez ogródek
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Portuguese:
à queima-roupa
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Russian:
в лоб
(v lob)
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Russian:
напряму́ю
(naprjamúju)
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Russian:
в упо́р
(v upór)
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Spanish:
a quemarropa
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Spanish:
a bocajarro
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Spanish:
sin paños calientes
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
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Telugu:
ముఖం మీద కొట్టినట్లు
(mukhaṁ mīda koṭṭinaṭlu)
— directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution
