ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: black out
1.
a. : a turning off of the stage lighting for the purpose of separating scenes in a play or of closing a skit in a revue, burlesque show, or musical comedy
b. : a skit that ends with a blackout
2.
a. : transient dulling or loss of vision or consciousness resulting from temporary impairment of cerebral circulation
b. : a lapse of memory
c. : a loss of consciousness
3. : an action of blacking out (as through the interruption of electrical power) an object or area : a condition or period of being blacked out
4. : a blotting out, suppression, obscuring, or cessation especially when temporary
a blackout of waterfront commerce over the whole North Atlantic coast — A.H.Raskin
unless a blackout on science be decreed in every land — A.J.Carlson
5. : a condition of severe loss of radio signal during intense phases of magnetic storms
6. : a restriction or prohibition of the telecasting of a program to which admission is charged especially in the area of origination