nightclub
noun
- entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɪtklʌb/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Germanic *nahts Proto-West Germanic *naht Proto-West Germanic *nahti Old English niht Middle English nyght English night Proto-Germanic *klumpô Old Norse klubbabor. Middle English clubbe English club English nightclub From night + club.
- 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.”
“EARLY this summer, Joshua J. Pelton decided that he was meant to live in Orlando, Fla. So he quit his sales job in Detroit, packed his car with all the belongings that fit, put the rest in storage, and drove southeast daydreaming about sundrenched winters and packed nightclubs.”
- A strip club.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Germanic *nahts Proto-West Germanic *naht Proto-West Germanic *nahti Old English niht Middle English nyght English night Proto-Germanic *klumpô Old Norse klubbabor. Middle English clubbe English club English nightclub From night + club.
- To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment.
“Our first night in the big city we went out nightclubbing. The next morning we stayed in hung over.”