Synonyms for blacked out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : blak |
| Phonetic Transcription : blæk |
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Définition of blacked out
Origin :- Old English blæc "dark," from Proto-Germanic *blakaz "burned" (cf. Old Norse blakkr "dark," Old High German blah "black," Swedish bläck "ink," Dutch blaken "to burn"), from PIE *bhleg- "to burn, gleam, shine, flash" (cf. Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin flagrare "to blaze, glow, burn"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn;" see bleach (v.).
- The same root produced Old English blac "bright, shining, glittering, pale;" the connecting notions being, perhaps, "fire" (bright) and "burned" (dark). The usual Old English word for "black" was sweart (see swart). According to OED: "In ME. it is often doubtful whether blac, blak, blake, means 'black, dark,' or 'pale, colourless, wan, livid.' " Used of dark-skinned people in Old English.
- Of coffee, first attested 1796. Meaning "fierce, terrible, wicked" is late 14c. The color of sin and sorrow since at least c.1300; sense of "with dark purposes, malignant" emerged 1580s (e.g. black magic). Black face in reference to a performance style originated in U.S., is from 1868. Black flag, flown (especially by pirates) as a signal of "no mercy," from 1590s. Black dog "melancholy" attested from 1826. Black belt is from 1875 in reference to districts of the U.S. South with heaviest African population; 1870 with reference to fertility of soil; 1913 in judo sense. Black power is from 1966, associated with Stokely Carmichael.
- verb lose consciousness
- verb faint
- But Dan blacked out, receiving some of the concussion of the exploding rocket.
- Extract from : « Shipwreck in the Sky » by Eando Binder
- And what had been blacked out was as a matter of fact very useful to me!
- Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
- He blacked out as if he'd been a computer suddenly deprived of power.
- Extract from : « But, I Don't Think » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Perhaps he'd just blacked out for a minute and the kid had gone out the door.
- Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- One quarter of the cylinder had been blacked out with paint.
- Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine
- If we're blacked out, I think we can get within two miles with safety.
- Extract from : « The Pirates of Shan » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- I think most of us blacked out; I'm sure I did, for a while.
- Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper
- He has a bad headache and he blacked out when he tried to sit up.
- Extract from : « Plague Ship » by Andre Norton
- They rolled in pain, blacked out and unable to think or fight the underground beasts that poured over them in renewed attack.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- Just before he blacked out, he hurled one last accusing thought at Reinhardt.
- Extract from : « The Penal Cluster » by Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
Antonyms for blacked out
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