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nightspot

American  
[nahyt-spot] / ˈnaɪtˌspɒt /

noun

  1. a nightclub.


nightspot British  
/ ˈnaɪtˌspɒt /

noun

  1. an informal word for nightclub

"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

Etymology

Origin of nightspot

First recorded in 1935–40; night + spot

Example Sentences

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Thirty live music venues closed in 2025, including notable clubs such as the Liverpool nightspot Zanzibar and Leicester's The Shed, which gave early exposure to Kasabian and nurtured the city's punk and metal scene.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Marcucci raced to the scene, a nightspot called Le Constellation, where Manfredi and some friends had gone to celebrate the start of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Her education was halted by her father's death, leading the musician to teach school in her home state and Washington D.C, but that didn't stop Flack from working as a nightspot performer at a club.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2025

Ahead of this week’s performance, Williams spent from April 9-13 performing at the Café Carlyle, the celebrated Upper East Side nightspot where Bobby Short entertained New York’s high society from 1968-2004.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Club Envy, the usual Thursday nightspot, was a casualty.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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