What is the meaning of EMPTY. Phrases containing EMPTY
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Empty car
When someone would be free of any markers during a game of playground football. For example, a call of "I'm empty" would suggest that that person is unmarked and in a good position to shoot.
an empty bear bottle.
n An empty-headed person; a fool.
Empty−nesters is American real estate (estate agency) slang for people whose housing requirements have changed because their children have grown and left home.
Empty calories is American slang for food usually high in calories but with negligible nutritional value.
Card given by a railroad Brotherhood to a man in search of employment. Also an empty slip bill
Empty cars
very for empty
Stupid person with no brains. Used as "Don't talk so much rubbish empty head".
Empty-headed, not smart.
Nonsense, foolishness; empty babble.
An empty beverage bottle or can.
The correct retort to "How's your glass?" might be "There's a south wind in it", meaning it is empty.
 Empty premises.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Empty
n.
The act of emptying; evacuation.
n.
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
n.
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
superl.
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
superl.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
v. t.
To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
superl.
Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
n.
The act of making empty.
n.
An empty space; a vacuum.
n.
The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.
a.
Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
superl.
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
superl.
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
n.
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
v. i.
To become empty.
a.
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
a.
To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
n.
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
superl.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
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