shoot blanks

English

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”).

Verb

shoot blanks (third-person singular simple present shoots blanks, present participle shooting blanks, simple past and past participle shot blanks)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot,‎ blanks.
  2. (colloquial, of a male) To be sterile.
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