nightspot

noun

night·​spot ˈnīt-ˌspät How to pronounce nightspot (audio)

Examples of nightspot in a Sentence

one of the city's few nightspots featuring a dance floor and a live band
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Smoke billowed near the uptown skyline as Charlotte firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at the popular Morehead Tavern nightspot on Saturday. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2025 Visit Sacramento has pegged the economic impact of the West Coast’s largest hard rock and metal festival at north of $27 million, with tens of thousands of festival-goers staying in area hotels, dining in local restaurants and frequenting bars, brewpubs and nightspots during the four-day event. Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025 In the short term, the nightspots may see less traffic. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025 And then following in his dad’s footsteps, Chris Barish became a successful restaurateur having launched nightspot Light in midtown Manhattan and at the Belaggio in Las Vegas and helped develop Moomba, Gordon Ramsay Pub and Grill and Gordon Ramsay Steak. Gary Stern, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nightspot

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nightspot was in 1933

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“Nightspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nightspot. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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