Saturday-nightv.
/ˌsatədeɪˈnʌɪt/, /ˌsatədɪˈnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈˌsædərˌdeɪˈnaɪt/, /ˈˌsædərdiˈnaɪt/ intransitive. To spend a Saturday night in enjoyment or revelling; to go out socially on a Saturday night. Also transitive with it. spec. (of a singer, performer, etc.) to perform at a club or other venue on a Saturday night (now rare).
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous > spend night in
to make (also have) a night of (also on) it1602
Saturday-night1933
1933 Modesto (Calif.) Bee 9 Aug. 4/5 Anna Q. Nilsson, Mary Carlisle..also Saturday nighting at the popular night spot.
1937 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 10 Dec. 20/5 Another variation of the anti-pageboy era is Lynne ‘Everybody Sing’ Carver, Saturday-nighting at the Trocadero in a softly rolled high halo.
1958 Pop. Mech. June 111/2 Maybe, Saturday-nighting it to a swank dinner place, you've been puzzled when the maitre d' hotel assigned you a table—without glancing up from his desk.
1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. iv. 462 The fellows were out Saturday-nighting true-hearted, the wild-hearted Saturday-night gang of true friends.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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