nightclub

Meanings

1. 1
   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.

2. 2
   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.

3. 3
   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

4. 4
   noun

   A strip club.

Etymology

From night + club.