"nightcap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnaɪtˌkæp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nightcap.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nightcaps [plural]
Etymology: night + cap Etymology templates: {{compound|en|night|cap}} night + cap Head templates: {{en-noun}} nightcap (plural nightcaps)
  1. A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread. Categories (topical): Drinking, Headwear Translations (warm cap worn at night): 睡帽 (shuìmào) (Chinese Mandarin), slaapmuts [feminine] (Dutch), yömyssy (Finnish), bonnet de nuit (French), Schlafmütze [feminine] (German), νυχτικός σκούφος (nychtikós skoúfos) [masculine] (Greek), hálósapka (Hungarian), hálósipka (Hungarian), berretto frigio (Italian), berretto da notte [masculine] (Italian), papalina [feminine] (Italian), капа за спиење (kapa za spienje) [feminine] (Macedonian), szlafmyca [feminine] (Polish), touca de dormir [feminine] (Portuguese), barrete de dormir [masculine] (Portuguese), gorro de dormir [masculine] (Portuguese), ночно́й колпа́к (nočnój kolpák) [masculine] (Russian), колпа́к (kolpák) [masculine] (Russian), gorro de dormir [masculine] (Spanish), nattmössa [common-gender] (Swedish), slipabonät (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-nightcap-en-noun-b~C2dI~W Disambiguation of Drinking: 28 13 8 20 10 20 Disambiguation of Headwear: 53 3 9 18 14 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 3 16 25 4 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 7 14 20 6 9 Disambiguation of 'warm cap worn at night': 61 6 13 11 9
  2. A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic. Translations (beverage): slaapmutsje [neuter] (Dutch), yömyssy (Finnish), Absacker [colloquial, masculine] (German), Schlummertrunk [masculine] (German), 寝酒 (nezake) (Japanese), sängfösare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nightcap-en-noun-9oF8SDwD Disambiguation of 'beverage': 5 86 1 8 1
  3. (by extension, figuratively) Something that a person reads or listens to before bed. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-nightcap-en-noun-M8FQL~6t
  4. (US, sports, baseball) The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader. Tags: US Categories (topical): Baseball, Sports
    Sense id: en-nightcap-en-noun-WH0a6oPz Categories (other): American English Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (historical) A cap drawn over the face of the condemned person before they are hanged. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-nightcap-en-noun-TKMytDez
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: night cap, night-cap Derived forms: nightcapped, nightcap oak

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈnaɪtˌkæp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nightcap.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nightcaps [present, singular, third-person], nightcapping [participle, present], nightcapped [participle, past], nightcapped [past]
Etymology: night + cap Etymology templates: {{compound|en|night|cap}} night + cap Head templates: {{en-verb|nightcaps|nightcapping|nightcapped}} nightcap (third-person singular simple present nightcaps, present participle nightcapping, simple past and past participle nightcapped)
  1. (intransitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage shortly before retiring to bed. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-nightcap-en-verb-5UA2UZSc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: night cap, night-cap

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "en:Baseball",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader."
      ],
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          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "baseball",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, sports, baseball) The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader."
      ],
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        "US"
      ],
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        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cap drawn over the face of the condemned person before they are hanged."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condemned",
          "condemned"
        ],
        [
          "hang",
          "hang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A cap drawn over the face of the condemned person before they are hanged."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪtˌkæp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "night cap"
    },
    {
      "word": "night-cap"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuìmào",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "word": "睡帽"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slaapmuts"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "word": "yömyssy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "word": "bonnet de nuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlafmütze"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nychtikós skoúfos",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νυχτικός σκούφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "word": "hálósapka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "word": "hálósipka"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "word": "berretto frigio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "berretto da notte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "papalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kapa za spienje",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "капа за спиење"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szlafmyca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "touca de dormir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barrete de dormir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorro de dormir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nočnój kolpák",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ночно́й колпа́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolpák",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "колпа́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorro de dormir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nattmössa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "warm cap worn at night",
      "word": "slipabonät"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "beverage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slaapmutsje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beverage",
      "word": "yömyssy"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beverage",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Absacker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beverage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlummertrunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nezake",
      "sense": "beverage",
      "word": "寝酒"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "beverage",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sängfösare"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nightcap"
  ],
  "word": "nightcap"
}

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    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    "en:Headwear"
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        "2": "night",
        "3": "cap"
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    }
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    {
      "form": "nightcaps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nightcapping",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nightcapped",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "nightcapped",
      "tags": [
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Mark Decarlo, Fork on the Road: 400 Cities/One Stomach, page 229",
          "text": "Even better than breakfast, though, is nightcapping at the Waffle House . Nightcapping happens after the bars close, but before the southern sunrise: the hours when their jukeboxes play “Freebird” on a continual loop, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Mitchell Jackson, Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, page 143",
          "text": "We nightcapped at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, on the most extravagant cocktails I'd ever purchased in life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To drink an alcoholic beverage shortly before retiring to bed."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage shortly before retiring to bed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪtˌkæp/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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    {
      "word": "night cap"
    },
    {
      "word": "night-cap"
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Nightcap"
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  "word": "nightcap"
}

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