Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black in

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.45 in modern English

Syllables: black- in
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"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,[…]"
"She blacked out maybe, and when she blacked back in, she looked again at her screen. The eyes of the love of her life were startling, truly. His eyes did not betray him. But Grace knew now, where the good people were."
"I just blacked back in, why is there an anvil in front of me?"

Etymology

Probably derived from (and as an antonym to) black out.

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

blacks in (present, singular) blacking in (participle, present) blacked in (participle, past) blacked in (past)

Questions

What does black in mean?: To regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.
Where does black in come from?: Probably derived from (and as an antonym to) black out.

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