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n. (context idiomatic English) A romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.
WordNet
n. a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)
a date with a stranger; "she never goes on blind dates"
Wikipedia
Blind Date is a 1987 romantic comedy film, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis, in his first leading film role, and Kim Basinger. Blind Date earned mostly negative reviews from critics, but was a financial success and opened at number one at the box office.
"Blind Date" is episode 21 of season 1 in the television show Angel. Written by Jeannine Renshaw and directed by Thomas J. Wright, it was originally broadcast on May 16, 2000 on the WB network. In Blind Date, Angel reluctantly agrees to help lawyer Lindsey McDonald save a group of three blind children from a blind woman assassin hired by the Senior Partners of Wolfram & Hart. However, Lindsey struggles with his decision to save the children and betray the firm when Holland Manners, Lindsey's supervisor, offers him the promotion of a lifetime.
Blind Date is an American dating game show. Hosted by Roger Lodge, the series was distributed by Universal Worldwide Television. It was later distributed by NBCUniversal.
Blind Date is a British dating game show produced by London Weekend Television. An unscreened pilot was made with comic Duncan Norvelle as presenter but it was eventually hosted by Cilla Black, who already hosted the LWT series, Surprise Surprise. Blind Date ran on Saturday nights from 30 November 1985 to 31 May 2003.
Blind Date returned on 16 October 2013, to celebrate Black's 50-year career in the entertainment industry. This special one-off was part of another programme, The One and Only Cilla Black, presented by Paul O'Grady. Blind Date producers brought back three of the show's most memorable contestants who were still single, giving them a second chance to win a date. However, the couple's date was not shown.
A blind date is a social engagement between two people who have not previously met, usually arranged by a mutual acquaintance.
Blind Date, also known as Deadly Seduction, is a 1984 independent thriller by B-film maker Nico Mastorakis. It stars Kirstie Alley, Joseph Bottoms, Marina Sirtis and Valeria Golino, who would all go on to greater fame, and Lana Clarkson, murdered by Phil Spector in 2003, also appear in the film.
"Blind Date" is the third episode of the first season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by co-executive producer John Riggi and directed by Adam Bernstein. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the United States on October 25, 2006. Guest stars in this episode include Brett Baer, Katrina Bowden, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, John Lutz, Stephanie March, Maulik Pancholy, Keith Powell, and Lonny Ross.
The episode focuses on Jack Donaghy ( Alec Baldwin) setting up Liz Lemon ( Tina Fey) on a blind date with a friend of his (March). At the same time, Jack infiltrates the TGS with Tracy Jordan writers'— Pete Hornberger ( Scott Adsit), Josh Girard (Ross), Frank Rossitano ( Judah Friedlander), James "Toofer" Spurlock (Powell), and J. D. Lutz (Lutz)—weekly poker game and starts winning hands until NBC page Kenneth Parcell ( Jack McBrayer) joins in and proves to be a surprisingly adept player.
"Blind Date" has received generally positive reviews from television critics. According to the Nielsen ratings system, the episode was watched by 6.01 million viewers during its original broadcast, and received a 2.2 rating/6 share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic. "Blind Date" was nominated for Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular gay character) at the 18th GLAAD Media Awards.
Blind Date is a 2007 drama film from director Stanley Tucci. This is Tucci's fourth directorial feature, who also stars and co-wrote the screenplay with David Schechter. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film is a remake of the 1996 film of the same name by the late Dutch director Theo van Gogh.
Blind Date (U.S. title: Chance Meeting) is a 1959 British murder mystery film. A police inspector investigates a woman's death, with her lover being the prime suspect. Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.
The film was one of Stanley Baker's favourites.
Blind Date is a 1996 Dutch film by director Theo van Gogh.
In 1996, the film was nominated for four Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival and won three.
In 2008, Stanley Tucci released a remake of the film.
A blind date is a courtship meeting between unacquainted persons.
Blind Date or Blind Dating may also refer to:
Blind Date (also known as Your Big Moment) is an American television game show which aired on ABC, NBC, and then DuMont after many years on radio.
Blind Date was a German pop music group formed in 1984, originally consisting of Uwe Schlürmann ( vocals and guitar), Peter Koch ( percussion), Matthias Baumgardt (guitar), James Michael Griffin ( keyboard), Amy & Elaine Goff (vocals), Mark Oesterreich (guitar, bass and vocals), Roman Müllenbach ( saxophone) and Bruce Kent ( drums).
Their best known hit is probably their debut single Your Heart Keeps Burning which was a hit in Western Germany in 1985 and reached number 17 in the singles charts. In 1986 they recorded an extended version of Hit the Road Jack. The group disbanded soon thereafter.
Blind Date is an Australian television game show aired from 1967 to 1970 on what was then the 0-10 Network (now Network Ten), and again in 1974 on the Seven Network. Graham Webb hosted the series from its debut to the 28 November 1969 episode. Jeremy Cordeaux hosted the show in 1970. In 1974, it was hosted by Scottish-born Bobby Hanna.
It was based on U.S. series The Dating Game.
Blind Date (French title: Un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément) is a 2015 French romantic comedy film directed by and starring Clovis Cornillac. The film also stars Mélanie Bernier, Lilou Fogli and Philippe Duquesne. It won the audience award at the 19th annual COLCOA French Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Best First Film award at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival.
Blind Date is a 1934 American drama film directed by Roy William Neill, starring Ann Sothern and Neil Hamilton.
Usage examples of "blind date".
For half an hour, he spoke continuously, pausing only for an occasional sip of bourbon, recalling his first impression of Frank, the initial friction between them, the tense and the humorous incidents on the job, that boozy evening at The Bolt Hole, the blind date with Janet Yamada, and the recent understanding and affection that he and Frank had found for each other.
With him was his girl friend, and with her was her girl friend, Gertrude Blugerman, who was going to be my blind date.
I'm not going on a blind date with some stranger you just met in the library.
But this was a blind date set up by my friends, and the conditions were that I chose the restaurant and that my date paid.
My wife and I met on a blind date and that date led to seven good years together.
In fact, he sounded like we should have been sitting across a table in some nice restaurant on a blind date.