power outage
originally and chiefly US
noun
A period or state of power failure, a power cut.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The Reno Evening Gazette.
- ONC
- on call
- on-carry
- once
- once again (or more)
- once and for all (or once for all)
- once and future
- once a ——, always a ——
- once bitten, twice shy
- once-born
- once-fired
- once-for-all
- once in a blue moon
- once in a lifetime
- onceness
- once-off
- once-only
- once (or every once) in a while
- once or twice
- once-over
- oncer
- once-through
- once upon a time
- on-chip
- onchocercal