brown out

See also: brownout and brown-out

English

Verb

brown out (third-person singular simple present browns out, present participle browning out, simple past and past participle browned out)

  1. (intransitive) To experience a partial loss of vision having the characteristics of a brownout, to suffer a brownout.
    Synonym: greyout
    The pilot pulled up hard into a tight loop and browned out, losing sight of the target.
    • 2010 October 28, Charlie Day & Rob McElhenney, “Who Got Dee Pregnant?” (2:13 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia‎[1], season 6, episode 7, spoken by Mac (Rob McElhenney):
      “I mean, what is she even talking about? Got her pregnant at the Halloween party? What does that mean? I don't even remember that party. I was wasted.” “Yeah, me too. I browned out that evening.” “"browned out"? What's "browned out"?” “Oh, it's when you drink so much that everything goes brown. It's not as severe as a blackout, 'cause I remember bits and pieces. I like to call it "browning out."”

Noun

brown out (plural brown outs)

  1. Alternative form of brownout.

See also

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