point-blank (point?bl?ngk?)adj.1. Aimed straight at the mark or target without allowing for the drop in a projectile’s course.2. a. So close to a target that a weapon may be aimed directly at it: point-blank range.b. Close enough so that missing the target is unlikely or impossible: a point-blank shot.3. Straightforward; blunt: a point-blank accusation.adv.1. With a straight aim; directly: fired point-blank at the intruder.2. Without hesitation, deliberation, or equivocation: answered point-blank.[point + blank, on the model of Middle French (de) pointe (en) blanc : de, from : pointe, sharp end, tip, outermost end (such as the place on a practice range from which an archer can shoot without compensating for gravity; from Old French pointe; see point) + en, in, into + blanc, white, bull’s-eye, target (from Old French, white; see blank).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.point-blank adj 1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a. aimed or fired at a target so close that it is unnecessary to make allowance for the drop in the course of the projectileb. permitting such aim or fire without loss of accuracy: at point-blank range. 2. plain or blunt: a point-blank question. adv 3. directly or straight 4. plainly or bluntly [C16: from point + blank (in the sense: centre spot of an archery target)]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014point?-blank? adj. 1. aimed or fired straight at the mark esp. from close range; direct. 2. straightforward, plain, or explicit. adv. 3. with a direct aim; directly; straight. 4. bluntly; frankly. [1565?75] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.