nightclub
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nightclubs
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verb (used without object)
noun
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Origin of nightclub
Explanation
A nightclub is a bar or a disco where people can dance or be entertained late into the night. There are many nightclubs in New York City, but there are no nightclubs at all in most tiny Vermont villages. Visitors to a nightclub can eat and drink; watch singers, dancers, or comedians perform; and usually also dance to live music or songs played by a DJ. You can also call a nightclub a "club" for short — the dance floor is what distinguishes it from a bar or a pub. The word nightclub sounds modern, but it dates from the late nineteenth century.
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There’s no shortage of fun to be had with multiple game rooms, a racquetball court, a casino room, a billiard room, and even a lavish nightclub.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Persson added a recording studio and private nightclub with a DJ booth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
She bought the property, which once housed the 1980s-era nightclub, 8BC, in 1996.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
"It's not really possible to go out much. The little money you make has to go toward other things," said content creator Yurisladys Mora, 23, as she left a nightclub in Old Havana.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Now he’s making his living being funny as a nationally known stage and nightclub comedian.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Woking once had multiple late-night venues - now it does not have any traditional dedicated nightclubs left in the town centre.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
No evidence was found to suggest that they visited any nightclubs or local businesses in the area at the time, police said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Belafonte began singing at downtown nightclubs with a repertoire of Caribbean folk songs adopted from the Greenwich Village music scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Area’s success led to a big career in nightclubs, restaurants and hotels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The apartment was cluttered with little porcelain figures, decorative plates, and ashtrays from various nightclubs.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Among the nightspots where now-infected people congregated, it skirted a national coronavirus ban on nightclubbing by converting itself into a late-night watering hole, blocking off its dance floor with tables and bar stools.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
In some cases he promised marriage, even proposing to one woman while engaged to another and nightclubbing with a third.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
I’m sure that in his nightclubbing life in New York he was delighted to rub shoulders with prominent black athletes and so forth.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2016
Things you did to entertain yourself 10 years ago don't apply to you when your kids are nearly 10, nightclubbing, things like that.
From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2012
Jack Ravenhurst went into her own room after flashing me a rather hurt smile that was supposed to indicate her disappointment in not being allowed to go nightclubbing.
From A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett
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