Nightclub

//ˈnʌɪtklʌb// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.

    "They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor."

  2. 2
    a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink wordnet
  3. 3
    A strip club. Philippines
Verb
  1. 1
    To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment. ambitransitive, informal

    "Our first night in the big city we went out nightclubbing. The next morning we stayed in hung over."

Example

More examples

"The tourists were ripped off at the nightclub."

Etymology

From night + club.

Related phrases

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