nightclub

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/ˈnʌɪtklʌb/

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

top

She spent her Saturday night dancing at a top nightclub in the city center.

seedy

VERB + NIGHTCLUB

go to | run

NIGHTCLUB + NOUN

bouncer, owner, singer, staff

PREP

at a/the ~

We met some friends at a nightclub downtown after the concert finished.

in a/the ~

She met her best friend in a nightclub while dancing on the weekend.

Definitions

noun

A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.

They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.

EARLY this summer, Joshua J. Pelton decided that he was meant to live in Orlando, Fla. So he quit his sales job in Detroit, packed his car with all the belongings that fit, put the rest in storage, and drove southeast daydreaming about sundrenched winters and packed nightclubs.

A strip club.

verb

To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment.

Our first night in the big city we went out nightclubbing. The next morning we stayed in hung over.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertai

cabaret
club
nightspot

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.

Wiktionary

This is a country where nightclubs in Thimbu, the capital, throb with techno music, but where smoking is illegal and television did not arrive until 1999.

Wiktionary

Our first night in the big city we went out nightclubbing. The next morning we stayed in hung over.

Wiktionary

The tourists were ripped off at the nightclub.

Tatoeba · #325580

Since Tom couldn't make a decent living as a nightclub musician, he had to get a day job.

Tatoeba · #1144603

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, nightclub is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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