Meanings
nounblind date (plural blind dates)
plural blind dates
- idiomaticA date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before.
Blind date—When parties do not Know each other.
1922, The Tiller and Toiler, The Vocabulary of Jazzdom1 more example
A blind date is a blinkered meeting / A rendez-vous with some person unknown / A secret tryst, a shady dealing / A gambler's chance when love's dice are thrown
1978, “Blind Date”, in A Tonic for the Troops, performed by The Boomtown Rats
Translations
Catalan cita a cegues
- cita a ceguesromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Chinese Mandarin 相親 /相亲
- 相親 /相亲 (xiāngqīn)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Dutch blind date
- blind dateromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Finnish sokkotreffit
- sokkotreffitromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
French rencontre à l'aveugle, rendez-vous surprise
- rencontre à l'aveugleromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
- rendez-vous surpriseromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
- rendez-vous à l’aveugleromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
German Blind Date
- Blind Dateromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Indonesian kencan buta
- kencan butaromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Italian appuntamento al buio
- appuntamento al buioromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Japanese ブラインドデート, お見合い
- ブラインドデート (buraindo dēto)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
- お見合い (o-miai)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Korean 미팅, 맞선
- 미팅 (miting)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
- 맞선 (matseon)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
- 소개팅 (sogaeting)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Polish randka w ciemno
- randka w ciemnoromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Portuguese encontro às cegas
- encontro às cegasromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Russian свида́ние вслепу́ю, смотри́ны
- свида́ние вслепу́ю (svidánije vslepúju)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
- смотри́ны (smotríny)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Spanish cita a ciegas
- cita a ciegasromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Swedish blindträff
- blindträffromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Tagalog sitang ligaw
- sitang ligawromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Turkish kör randevu
- kör randevuromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Ukrainian поба́чення нао́сліп
- поба́чення нао́сліп (pobáčennja naóslip)romantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Vietnamese dạm ngõ
- dạm ngõromantic meeting between two people who have never met before
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blind date
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APA
blind date. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blind%20date
MLA
“blind date.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blind%20date. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blind date,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blind%20date.
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