BLACK OUT


Meaning of BLACK OUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ verb ]

Date: 1890

transitive verb

1.

a. : to suppress by censorship

black out the news

b. : blot out , erase

blacked out the event from his mind

2. : to envelop in darkness

black out the stage

3. : to make inoperative (as by a power failure)

4. : to impose a blackout on

blacked out the local game

intransitive verb

1. : to become enveloped in darkness

2. : to undergo a temporary loss of vision, consciousness, or memory

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.