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(chiefly US, literally) To fire all of the cartridges in the magazine of an automatic or semi-automatic firearm.

Without having eaten.

A threat made with no chance of being carried out.

plural of empty threat

plural of empty morph

(linguistic morphology) A morph with a surface phonetic realization but no meaning, as contrasted with a zero morph, which has a meaning but no phonetic realization.

a feeling of loneliness or depression experienced by some parents when their children have matured and left home

(ice hockey) A point scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.

Alternative spelling of empty-net goal