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Empty

Empty is a six-episode BBC Two sitcom first broadcast on 28 February 2008. It stars Gregor Fisher and Billy Boyd as Jacky Allen and Tony MacBryan respectively, two men who work for a property maintenance company 'Greater Glasgow Building Services'.

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empty

Noun

  1. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
    Put the empties out to be recycled.

Verb

  1. To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
    to empty a well or a cistern
    The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.

Adjective

  1. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
    an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
  2. Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
  3. Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
  4. Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
  5. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
    empty words, or threats
  6. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
    empty pleasures
  7. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
    empty dreams
  8. Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
    an empty vine
  9. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
    empty brains; an empty coxcomb


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