BLACK OUT • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Black out

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/blæk aʊt/ Listen

Black out

verb

Obliterate or extinguish.

Darken completely. Synonym: blacken out.

Suppress by censorship as for political reasons.

Lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example. Synonyms: pass out, zonk out.

See images of 'Black out'

Etymology of 'Black out'

Share |

"Black out" Quotes from Famous Books

... away, Ruby, the sea is my greatest enemy. Every day, a'most, it washes me away from my work. In calm weather, it creeps up my legs, and the legs o' the forge too, till it gradually puts out the fire, and in rough weather it sends up a wave sometimes that sweeps the whole concern black out at one shot." ...

— The Lighthouse • R.M. Ballantyne

... pardon, but there is," persisted Barry bluntly. "You still doubt me and my business and feel that I have painted Leyden black out of spite. Now, if Vandersee and Mrs. Goring and the rest can't convince you, I'm going to let you see it for yourself when the time comes. Let me tell you one thing, though; if Leyden were on the square, he'd be down at his ship seeing about getting her out of this hole. ...

— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle

... as she entered the room, "your fire black out," and, setting down the lantern, she clapped upon her knees before the chimney and began to rearrange the charred and still smouldering remains. Mr. Archer looked about the gaunt apartment with a sort of shudder. The great height, the bare ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Black out" : swoon, edit, conk, turn, extinguish, change state, blow out, faint, quench, darken, snuff out, blackout, redact