nightclub

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noun

Also night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.

verb (used without object), night·clubbed, night·club·bing.

to visit nightclubs.

Origin of nightclub

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; night + club

Related formsnight·club·ber, noun

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Examples from the Web for nightclub

Contemporary Examples

In St. Louis, I believe, for a change of clothes and to go to a nightclub.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
David Freeman
December 13, 2014
For her first film, she played a woman caught in a love triangle between a nightclub owner and a country boy.
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Jennifer Sky
September 14, 2014
The rap mogul was one of three people shot early Sunday at West Hollywood nightclub.
New Details Emerge in Suge Knight Shooting at Chris Brown's Pre-VMAs Party on the Sunset Strip
Marlow Stern
August 25, 2014
And Abercrombie & Fitch is toning down its 'nightclub' vibe.
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The Fashion Beast Team
May 23, 2014
In 1999 he pleaded guilty to stabbing a record producer outside a Manhattan nightclub.
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Kevin Fallon
May 12, 2014

Historical Examples

First they were a private party at a nightclub, then at a small restaurant.
The Man Who Staked the Stars
Charles Dye
To your knowledge, did he have any friends in this circle, the nightclub circle?
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Although, the name of Ruby associates itself with a reputation of Ruby by—as a nightclub operator in Dallas, quite vividly.
Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
There was even a nightclub in Lunar City where one highball cost the equivalent of—say—a week's pay for a secretary like Babs.
Operation: Outer Space
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
He told—somebody told about Jack Ruby—he went to his nightclub, he never did go to nightclub.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for nightclub

nightclub

noun

a place of entertainment open until late at night, formerly offering food, drink, a floor show, dancing, etc, but now usually featuring loud amplified music for dancing

Derived Formsnightclubber, noun

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Word Origin and History for nightclub

n.

also night-club, "club open at night," 1894, from night + club (n.) in the social sense.

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Examples from the Web for nightclub

Contemporary Examples

In St. Louis, I believe, for a change of clothes and to go to a nightclub.

For her first film, she played a woman caught in a love triangle between a nightclub owner and a country boy.

The rap mogul was one of three people shot early Sunday at West Hollywood nightclub.

And Abercrombie & Fitch is toning down its 'nightclub' vibe.

In 1999 he pleaded guilty to stabbing a record producer outside a Manhattan nightclub.

Historical Examples

First they were a private party at a nightclub, then at a small restaurant.

To your knowledge, did he have any friends in this circle, the nightclub circle?

Although, the name of Ruby associates itself with a reputation of Ruby by—as a nightclub operator in Dallas, quite vividly.

There was even a nightclub in Lunar City where one highball cost the equivalent of—say—a week's pay for a secretary like Babs.

He told—somebody told about Jack Ruby—he went to his nightclub, he never did go to nightclub.

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Word Origin and History for nightclub

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Origin of nightclub