nightclubn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtklʌb/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌkləb/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., club n.

Etymology: < night n. + club n.

1. A club or similar establishment that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing, and other entertainment; (in later use) spec. a club with a bar and discotheque.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] > nightclub

finish1796

café chantant1854

nightclub1871

bottle party1903

lokal1903

cabaret1912

boîte1922

supper club1927

nitery1929

hot spot1930

spot1930

clip-joint1933

nightspot1936

night box1938

Nachtlokal1939

partouze1959

1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 2 Sept. 276 For billiards, and the best night-club in London, Pratt's.

1894 W. J. Locke At Gate of Samaria (1903) xxvii. 319 They went together to East End music-halls,..night clubs in the West End, where ladies are admitted free on a member's introduction.

1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 254 Those melancholy places, the night clubs and cabarets.

1934 R. Ferguson Celebrated Sequels 264 A costly platinum-blond young man from a famous night-club.

1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xv. 177 From the general hubbub of night clubs and the particular cries and grunts of night-clubbers..Bubber made his music.

1975 New Rev. May 22/2 Took him ‘clubbing’ the first evening... ‘About four night-clubs.’

2001 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. i. 39/3 Snorkel jackets, the oversized parkas with fur-trimmed hoods that are worn in steamy nightclubs.

†2. U.S. = nightstick n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > constable's or watchman's

pestlea1500

baton?1590

locust club1850

locust1857

locust stick1859

nightclub1882

nightstick1887

billy1889

1882 J. D. McCabe New York 383 The entire force on duty at the station dashed into the street, armed with their long night clubs.

1888 Amer. Mag. May 87/1 Hundreds of ball-bats and axe-helves had been distributed among the crowd, and these terrible weapons proved a match for the long night-clubs of the police.

1892 H. Campbell Darkness & Daylight xxvi. 512 The night club is twenty-two inches long and one and three-eighths inches thick. The billy is of various sizes.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 1).

ΚΠ

1926 Tipton (Indiana) Daily Tribune 1 May 8/4 A charming woman, trying to save her jazz-mad flapper daughter and night-club habitue husband.

1929 New Worker 26 Oct. 21/1 This confusion in the matter of night-club entertainers has cost us a lot of weight.

1941 New Yorker 20 Dec. 9/2 An ornament of night-club society exploiting the crisis to advertise a restaurant.

1957 Sat. Evening Post 21 Sept. 94 One of our pals in the nightclub business is jumpy and he needs a bodyguard tonight.

1974 Listener 31 Jan. 131/1 The foreboding, the mounting menace, that we can trace through, say, the night-club songs of the Weimar republic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nightclubv.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtklʌb/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌkləb/

Inflections: Present participle nightclubbing; past tense and past participle nightclubbed;

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nightclub n.

Etymology: < nightclub n. Compare earlier nightclubbing n.

1. intransitive. To visit or go to a nightclub. Usually in present participle, esp. in to go (out) night-clubbing.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [verb]

nightclub1929

club1975

1929 Time 18 Nov. 38/1 With Songwriter Irving Berlin, Lawyer Richard Knight and other conspicuous Manhattanites, he nightclubs in moderation up and down Broadway.

1936 R. Lehmann Weather in Streets i. v. 90 No, she never married... Does some little odd jobs and goes lunching and dining and night-clubbing.

1938 Amer. Speech 13 194 Pleasure seekers at first went to night clubs; now, at least in the columns of the Broadway gossips, they simply night-club.

1950 J. Lait & L. Mortimer Chicago: Confidential ii. xv. 129 In the Loop, and the surrounding downtown bright-light belt..fewer couples go night-clubbing.

2000 D. McLellan Girls iv. 43 They nightclubbed, fished, went to games and fights. They were photographed everywhere.

2. transitive. To take (a person) to a nightclub. rare.

ΚΠ

1965 New Statesman 9 Apr. 557/2 The sharp limitation in the circumstances in which businessmen can wine and dine and nightclub other businessmen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nightclub
释义	nightclubn. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtklʌb/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌkləb/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., club n. Etymology: < night n. + club n. 1. A club or similar establishment that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing, and other entertainment; (in later use) spec. a club with a bar and discotheque. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] > nightclub finish1796 café chantant1854 nightclub1871 bottle party1903 lokal1903 cabaret1912 boîte1922 supper club1927 nitery1929 hot spot1930 spot1930 clip-joint1933 nightspot1936 night box1938 Nachtlokal1939 partouze1959 1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 2 Sept. 276 For billiards, and the best night-club in London, Pratt's. 1894 W. J. Locke At Gate of Samaria (1903) xxvii. 319 They went together to East End music-halls,..night clubs in the West End, where ladies are admitted free on a member's introduction. 1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 254 Those melancholy places, the night clubs and cabarets. 1934 R. Ferguson Celebrated Sequels 264 A costly platinum-blond young man from a famous night-club. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xv. 177 From the general hubbub of night clubs and the particular cries and grunts of night-clubbers..Bubber made his music. 1975 New Rev. May 22/2 Took him ‘clubbing’ the first evening... ‘About four night-clubs.’ 2001 N.Y. Times 11 Feb. i. 39/3 Snorkel jackets, the oversized parkas with fur-trimmed hoods that are worn in steamy nightclubs. †2. U.S. = nightstick n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > constable's or watchman's pestlea1500 baton?1590 locust club1850 locust1857 locust stick1859 nightclub1882 nightstick1887 billy1889 1882 J. D. McCabe New York 383 The entire force on duty at the station dashed into the street, armed with their long night clubs. 1888 Amer. Mag. May 87/1 Hundreds of ball-bats and axe-helves had been distributed among the crowd, and these terrible weapons proved a match for the long night-clubs of the police. 1892 H. Campbell Darkness & Daylight xxvi. 512 The night club is twenty-two inches long and one and three-eighths inches thick. The billy is of various sizes. Compounds General attributive (in sense 1). ΚΠ 1926 Tipton (Indiana) Daily Tribune 1 May 8/4 A charming woman, trying to save her jazz-mad flapper daughter and night-club habitue husband. 1929 New Worker 26 Oct. 21/1 This confusion in the matter of night-club entertainers has cost us a lot of weight. 1941 New Yorker 20 Dec. 9/2 An ornament of night-club society exploiting the crisis to advertise a restaurant. 1957 Sat. Evening Post 21 Sept. 94 One of our pals in the nightclub business is jumpy and he needs a bodyguard tonight. 1974 Listener 31 Jan. 131/1 The foreboding, the mounting menace, that we can trace through, say, the night-club songs of the Weimar republic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nightclubv. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtklʌb/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌkləb/ Inflections: Present participle nightclubbing; past tense and past participle nightclubbed; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nightclub n. Etymology: < nightclub n. Compare earlier nightclubbing n. 1. intransitive. To visit or go to a nightclub. Usually in present participle, esp. in to go (out) night-clubbing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [verb] nightclub1929 club1975 1929 Time 18 Nov. 38/1 With Songwriter Irving Berlin, Lawyer Richard Knight and other conspicuous Manhattanites, he nightclubs in moderation up and down Broadway. 1936 R. Lehmann Weather in Streets i. v. 90 No, she never married... Does some little odd jobs and goes lunching and dining and night-clubbing. 1938 Amer. Speech 13 194 Pleasure seekers at first went to night clubs; now, at least in the columns of the Broadway gossips, they simply night-club. 1950 J. Lait & L. Mortimer Chicago: Confidential ii. xv. 129 In the Loop, and the surrounding downtown bright-light belt..fewer couples go night-clubbing. 2000 D. McLellan Girls iv. 43 They nightclubbed, fished, went to games and fights. They were photographed everywhere. 2. transitive. To take (a person) to a nightclub. rare. ΚΠ 1965 New Statesman 9 Apr. 557/2 The sharp limitation in the circumstances in which businessmen can wine and dine and nightclub other businessmen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871v.1929
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