fill-in-the-blank

adjective
UK /ˌfɪl ɪn ðə ˈblæŋk/
US /ˌfɪl ɪn ðə ˈblæŋk/

A fill-in-the-blank question has a missing word that you must write in.

The teacher gave us a fill-in-the-blank quiz about animals.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A test or exercise where you write missing words in empty spaces.

We did a fill-in-the-blank about the water cycle.

3. Something that is not complete and needs you to add the missing part.

His plan was fill-in-the-blank, so we had to decide the details.

4. A game where players guess the missing word in a sentence.

The party game was fill-in-the-blank and everyone laughed at the silly answers.