date night

[ deyt-nahyt ]

/ ˈdeɪt ˌnaɪt /

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noun

an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.

a night of the week on which it is usual or customary for couples to go out on a date: Saturday night is date night.

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Origin of date night

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby date night

dated, Datel, dateless, dateline, date mussel, date night, date of record, date palm, date rape, date squares, date stamp

How to use date night in a sentence

For now though, one rogue router can upend your date night plans.
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However, if you’ll only be pumping once a week or on the occasional date night, a manual pump can be comfortable and get the job done.
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Too often, the result has been anxiety, petty quarrels, debt and a tendency, on the part of guests with minimal attachment to the families involved, to treat weddings as free date nights that do not always meet their entertainment expectations.
Miss Manners: Pandemic’s smaller, warmer weddings could be here to stay|Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
In this pandemic year, many Americans are focused on how to have a socially distanced romantic dinner or prepare the perfect date night at home.
Single On Valentine’s Day And Happily So|LGBTQ-Editor|February 13, 2021|No Straight News

This game is great for date night, game night, teaming up with friends and family, or just playing on your own.
The best spooky board games for late night gaming|PopSci Commerce Team|January 8, 2021|Popular-Science
People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist|Judnick Mayard|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.
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As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At the moment, the only chance I get is when I go do Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Are you bi-coastal now, between Portlandia and Late Night with Seth Meyers?
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
While they were doing this, he assembled the officers around him, and the meaning of our night march was explained to us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various