night : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
  nightlong; overnight.
  
  • a nightlong vigil
  • an all-night drugstore
  • an overnight trip

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• noun a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
  Arabian Nights; Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
  

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• noun a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
  Arabian Nights; Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
  

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• noun nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
  owl; hooter; bird of Minerva.
  

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• noun night heron of both Old and New Worlds
  Nycticorax nycticorax.
  

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• noun effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night
  Bonfire Night.
  

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• adjective satellite at all times
  around-the-clock; round-the-clock; nonstop.
  
  • around-the-clock nursing care

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• the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night.

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• adverb at the end of each day
  nightly.
  
  • she checks on her roses nightly

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• noun a debtor who flees to avoid paying
  
• adjective satellite (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
  shady.
  
  • a shady operation
• adjective satellite ephemeral
  
  • the symphony is no fly-by-night venture

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Fore"-night` noun

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1. The evening between twilight and bedtime. Scot.

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• noun a conventional expression of farewell
  

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• noun an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests
  

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• noun effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night
  Bonfire Night.
  

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• noun West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
  Brunfelsia americana.
  

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• noun the latter part of night
  

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• noun the night before Midsummer Day
  June 23; Midsummer Eve; St John's Eve; Midsummer Night.
  

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• noun a doorbell to be used at night
  

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• noun any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus). (b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).

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• noun inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder
  moon blindness; nyctalopia.
  

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• . (Med.) See Hemeralopia.

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• nightly; many nights.

  So help me God, as I have watched the night, Ay, night by night, in studying good for England. Shak.

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• a cart used to remove the contents of privies by night.

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• (Zoöl.), the nightjar.

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• noun a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
  club; cabaret; nightspot; nightclub.
  
  • don't expect a good meal at a cabaret
  • the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night
  • he played the drums at a jazz club

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• noun a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night
  

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• a bird that cries in the night.

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• a dog that hunts in the night, used by poachers.

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• . (a) Fire burning in the night. (b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern .

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• (Zoöl.), any creature that flies in the night, as some birds and insects.

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• noun a game played under artificial illumination at night
  

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• a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night. Totten.

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• iodine green.

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• a witch supposed to wander in the night.

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• (Zoöl.), an American bird (Chordeiles Virginianus), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is called also bull bat.

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• noun nocturnal or crepuscular herons
  night heron.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of herons of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or N. nycticorax, of Europe, and the American variety (var. nævius). The yellow-crowned night heron (Nycticorax violaceus) inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and squawk.

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• a public house, or inn, which is open at night.

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• noun West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
  Cestrum nocturnum; night jasmine.
  

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• noun West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
  Cestrum nocturnum; night jasmine.
  

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• a key for unfastening a night latch.

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• noun doorlock operated by a knob on the inside and a key on the outside
  

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• a kind of latch for a door, which is operated from the outside by a key.

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• noun a cheaper form of telegram sent for delivery the next day
  

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• noun the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion
  nightlife.
  
• noun the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)
  nightlife.
  
  • a futile search for intelligent nightlife
  • in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs

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• noun small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young
  

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• (Zoöl.), an owl monkey.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of the noctuids.

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• noun a person who likes to be active late at night
  nighthawk; nightbird.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the kakapo.

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• a painting representing some night scene, as a moonlight effect, or the like.

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• noun a porter on duty during the night
  

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• a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness. Obs.

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• noun nocturnal or crepuscular herons
  night heron.
  
• noun any bird that cries at night
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the night; esp., the bittern.

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• noun member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge
  nightrider.
  

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• . (a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; as if a corruption, of night revel. Obs. (b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at night.

  What night rule now about this haunted grove? Shak.

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• noun a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day
  

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• noun the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)
  graveyard shift.
  
• noun workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)
  graveyard shift.
  

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• . (Med.) See Nyctolopia.

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• noun nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico
  Hypsiglena torquata.
  

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• a night thief. Cant Beau. & Fl.

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• noun human excreta used as fertilizer
  

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• human excrement; so called because in cities it is collected by night and carried away for manure.

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• a charm against accidents at night.

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• (Zoöl.), the nightjar.

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• noun an emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelings
  

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• noun the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
  twilight vision; night vision; scotopic vision.
  

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• a walk in the evening or night.

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• . (a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a noctambulist. (b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes; specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets .

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• . (a) Walking in one's sleep; somnambulism; noctambulism. (b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs .

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• (Zoöl.), the sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis); called also night singer. prov. Eng.

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• noun a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
  graveyard watch; midwatch; middle watch.
  

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• . (a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change of watch. (b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night .

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• one who watches in the night; especially, one who watches with evil designs.

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• noun a watchman who works during the night
  

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• . Same as Night hag, above.

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Night"-bloom`ing adjective

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1. Blooming in the night.

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• noun any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
  
• noun any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
  
• noun any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
  

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Night"-eyed` adjective

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1. Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. "Your night-eyed Tiberius." B. Jonson.

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Night"-far`ing adjective

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1. Going or traveling in the night. Gay.

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• noun light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids)
  

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• noun a fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over night
  

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• noun lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
  gown; nightdress; nightgown; nightie.
  

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• noun the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
  twilight vision; night vision; scotopic vision.
  

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• noun a break in a journey for the night
  

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• midnight. Poetic Dryden.

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• noun a brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night
  
  • he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands
• noun a performance in one place on one night only
  

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• noun the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
  curtain raising; opening.
  
  • the opening received good critical reviews

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• noun tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits
  Selenicereus grandiflorus.
  

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• noun a cheap handgun that is easily obtained
  

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• noun the night before Midsummer Day
  June 23; Midsummer Eve; St John's Eve; Midsummer Night.
  

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• adverb during the night of the present day
  tonight; this evening.
  
  • drop by tonight

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• noun a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
  Arabian Nights; Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
  

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• noun eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
  

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Twelfth"-night` noun

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1. The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.

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• noun eve of May Day
  

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• noun a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)
  

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• The last night of the year; so called by the Methodists, Moravians, and others, who observe it by holding religious meetings lasting until after midnight.

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• noun the night after the wedding when bride and groom sleep together
  

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• noun North American night heron
  Nyctanassa violacea.
  

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