The Collaborative International Dictionary
black out \black out\ v. i. to experience a temporary loss of consciousness, memory, or vision.
black out \black out\ v. t.
to cause to become black, such as a stage, a computer screen, or a city.
to impose a blackout on (news or a sports event).
to make (a written text) illegible by applying a black ink over it; to blot out.
to suppress (a memory).
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink. 2 (context transitive figuratively English) To censor or cover up. 3 (context idiomatic intransitive English) To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout. 4 (context transitive English) To make dark.
WordNet
v. obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"
darken completely; "The dining room blackened out" [syn: blacken out]
suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"
lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example [syn: zonk out, pass out]
Wikipedia
Black Out is the second album by Omaha indie rock band The Good Life. It was released on March 4, 2002 by Saddle Creek Records. It contains 14 songs, running approximately 50:08.
Many of the songs deal with the aftermath of the bitter divorce that Tim Kasher experienced. Much of his divorce is also documented on the 2000 Cursive album Domestica.
The album Black Out was referred to in the song "Nothing Gets Crossed Out", on Bright Eyes's 2002 album Lifted: Yeah, Tim, I heard your album and it's better than good./When we get off tour I think we should hang and Black Out together...
This album is the 43rd release of Saddle Creek Records.
Black Out is a 1970 Swiss film directed by Jean-Louis Roy. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.
Black Out is a 2012 Dutch crime action comedy film.
Black Out is a psychological thriller by bestselling author Lisa Unger. It is a standalone novel.
Usage examples of "black out".
She would have to retrieve the Outsider from the Restorers, tear what it knew of the Black/on/black out of that disgusting pink hide, then deliver the remains to the Outsider hold.
Fasten your coat lapels up under your chin, to black out the white of your shirt front.
Then as he worked himself into the chocolate flannel jacket he was facing the window and he could see the black out there without any lights in it.
As he got to his feet, he began to black out again, and Gesten tsked at him as he sat abruptly back down.
This wasn't the first time the voices had made her black out, and it wouldn't be the last.