nightclubnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnaɪt.klʌb/us/ˈnaɪt.klʌb/informal nightspotB1 a place that is open late into the night, where people can go to drink and dance and often see some type of entertainment
Examples
- We went dancing at a nightclub.
- Residents are fed up with the disturbance caused by the nightclub.
- Plans to build a new nightclub in the neighbourhood have enraged local residents.
- Local residents have forced the local council to back down from/on its plans to build a nightclub in their street.
- Did Tracy pull at the nightclub last night?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Public entertainment venues
- auditorium
- bandstand
- bar
- boozer
- brewpub
- drive-in
- fleshpot
- flick
- free house
- gastropub
- honky-tonk
- nineteenth
- palace
- pavilion
- picture
- playhouse
- pub
- public bar
- public house
- saloon
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