Definitions of blackout [ˈblækˌaʊt]

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Definition of 'blackout'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) blackout
the extinguishing or concealment of all visible lights, usu. as a precaution against air raids.

2.  blackout
a period of failure of all electrical power, sometimes caused by an unusually heavy demand for electricity by those using the system.

3.  blackout
the extinguishing of all stage lights, as in closing a vaudeville skit or separating the scenes of a play.

4.  blackout
Also called blackout skit. a skit ending in a blackout.

5.  blackout
temporary loss of consciousness or vision.

6.  blackout
a period of total memory loss, as one induced by an accident or prolonged alcoholic drinking.

7.  blackout
a brief, passing lapse of memory.

8.  blackout
complete stoppage of a communications medium, as by an electrical storm:
a radio blackout.

9.  blackout
a stoppage, suppression, or obliteration:
a news blackout.

10.  blackout
a prohibition imposed on the televising of an event, as a prizefight, so as to encourage or ensure ticket sales.

Etymology: (1910–15)

Definition of 'blackout'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) blackout
a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting

2. (noun) blackout, brownout, dimout
darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)

3. (noun) blackout
the failure of electric power for a general region

4. (noun) blackout
a momentary loss of consciousness

5. (noun) amnesia, memory loss, blackout
partial or total loss of memory
"he has a total blackout for events of the evening"

Definition of 'blackout'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) blackout
a time when the supply of electricity stops

Translation of 'blackout'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights Accidents increase during a blackout.
Afrikaans: verdonkering, verduisteri	Arabic: تَعْتيم، إطْفاء الأنْوار	Bulgarian: временно прекъсване на то
Brazilian: apagão	Czech: výpadek proudu	German: die Verdunkelung
Danish: strømafbrydelse; mørklægn	Greek: συσκότιση	Spanish: apagón
Estonian: pimendus, elektrikatkestu	Farsi: خاموشی	Finnish: pimennys
French: panne de courant	Hebrew: הַאֲפַלָה	Hindi: बिजली गुल होना
Croatian: nestanak struje	Hungarian: elsötétítés	Indonesian: pemadaman listrik
Icelandic: myrkvun	Italian: interruzione della corren	Japanese: 停電
Korean: 등화 관제	Lithuanian: užtemdymas	Latvian: aptumšošana
Malay: bekalan elektrik terputus	Dutch: verduistering	Norwegian: mørklegging, blending
Polish: zaciemnienie	Persian: خاموشی	Pashto: غلی توب، خاموشی
Portuguese: quebra de electricidade	Romanian: pană de curent	Russian: затемнение
Slovak: výpadok prúdu	Slovenian: izpad toka, zatemnitev	Serbian: zamračenje
Swedish: mörkläggning	Thai: ช่วงที่ไฟดับ	Turkish: karartma
Taiwanese: 停電	Ukrainian: вимкнення електропостачан	Urdu: بتیاں بجھا کر اندھیرا کرن
Vietnamese: sự tắt đèn tạm thời	Chinese: 停电，断电
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