New Year's Eve

American  

noun

1. the night of December 31, often celebrated with merrymaking to usher in the new year at midnight.

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New Year's Eve British  

noun

1. the evening of Dec 31, often celebrated with parties See also Hogmanay

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Etymology

Origin of New Year's Eve

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

He told me he loved me just as the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve.

From Los Angeles Times

What, didn’t you see all the New Year’s Eve eulogies sliding across your feed like tears ribboning down millions of teenagers’ cheeks?

From Salon

“MTV is going off the air at midnight tonight . . . man. There was a time when MTV was THE channel to be watching on New Year’s Eve,” rued one Bluesky user.

From Salon

At least the bamboozled weren’t tricked into leaving their homes on New Year’s Eve and gathering with hundreds of others to watch midnight fireworks on the Brooklyn Bridge — a highly anticipated event that was never officially scheduled, and therefore never materialized.

From Salon

Then again, those New Year’s Eve revelers may have had their powers of basic detection and deductive reasoning sharpened by being led astray by AI slop.

From Salon