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night-night

[ interjection nahyt-nahyt, -nahyt; adverb nahyt-nahyt ]

interjection

  1. Informal. good night.


night-night

sentence substitute

  1. an informal word for good night
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of night-night1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. go night-night, Baby Talk. to go to bed or to sleep.
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Example Sentences

After draining his third as the shotclock expired, U.S. teammates mimicked Curry’s famous “night-night” celebration, holding their hands together as if they were sleeping on a pillow.

Nightbitch puts her foot down with her husband and tells him he’s doing bedtime every night he’s home, to make up for her track record of being the suffering “night-night” parent for two years straight.

From Slate

Also Tuesday, both Biden and his chief rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., canceled their planned election night-night rallies in Ohio amid coronavirus fears.

“Night-night, Manny,’’ he said to Pacquiao this week at the end of one of the many media sessions.

The last time I saw you, you said night-night to me and gave me a kiss.

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