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Synonyms for blackout
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : blak-out |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblækˌaʊt |
Définition of blackout
Origin :- also black-out, 1908 in the theatrical sense of a darkened stage, from black + out. Figurative sense of "loss of memory" is 1934 (verb and noun); as a dousing of lights as an air raid precaution, it is recorded from 1935. Verbal phrase black out, in reference to printed or written matter deemed objectionable and covered in black ink, is attested from 1888.
- noun temporary unconsciousness
- A Blackout is quite effective—it's hard to hit what you can't see.
- Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- But Barney, the stick-man who'd felt my Blackout, caught on a lot quicker.
- Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Well, he certainly wasn't much of a perceptive, or he would have been able to handle the Blackout himself.
- Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- My Blackout victim was reaching out, trying to find something he could use to raise himself to his feet.
- Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- I picked her up in my arms and carried her to the same sawdust-strewn private dining room where I'd given Barney the Blackout.
- Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
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