black in
black in verb: to regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.
Verb
black in (third-person singular simple present blacks in, present participle blacking in, simple past and past participle blacked in)
- To regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.
- Willa and Eddie barely left my side as I blacked in and blacked out over the—what? Days? Weeks? Time is unreadably stretched out on the serious postsurgical wards. It's hard to say what's a day or what's a night […]2016 February 9, Andrew Pyper, The Damned, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 77
- I blacked in and out – I can't remember why he showed me the rooms. I didn't know where Antonio or the rest of his friends were, but I was too spaced out to care. Finally, I blacked out completely. When I became conscious again,[…]2020 March 17, Isla Stone, The Art of Determination, Balboa Press, →ISBN
Forms of black in
| third-person singular present | blacks in |
|---|---|
| present participle | blacking in |
| past participle | blacked in |
| past | blacked in |
Origin of black in
Probably derived from (and as an antonym to) black out.
Questions about black in
- What does black in mean?
- Black in means to regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.
- What part of speech is black in?
- Black in is a verb.
- What is the past tense of black in?
- The past tense of black in is blacked in.
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