Used in a Sentence

nightcap

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for nightcap.

Editorial note

For the iPhone you should be able to use the NightCap camera app [1], it can stack multiple exposures.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of nightcap gathered in one view.

noun

A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.

noun

(by extension, figuratively) Something that a person reads or listens to before bed.

noun

(US, sports, baseball) The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nightcap.

noun

A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.

noun

(by extension, figuratively) Something that a person reads or listens to before bed.

noun

(US, sports, baseball) The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader.

verb

(intransitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage shortly before retiring to bed.

Example sentences

1

For the iPhone you should be able to use the NightCap camera app [1], it can stack multiple exposures.

2

Take off the nightcap, put on the striped pajamas and the old-timey candle holder, and book out a full 10 hours for a few weeks.

3

We've got impossible burgers which are honestly better than most real burgers, but it's there a viable alternative for my morning/mid morning/lunchtime/early afternoon/late afternoon/evening/nightcap (decaf) latte?

4

Start with a coffee and end it with a nightcap.

5

You walk one more block looking for a nightcap and...

6

If you go through that for 3 weeks religiously and return to the nightcap I'll eat my words and consider you a medical anomaly.

7

Maybe a nightcap isn't a good idea, but a glass of wine with dinner isn't even going to be detectable in your body by the time you go to sleep.

8

Then I would meet up with friends for some kickball on the Mall, then swing back through the office after a few hours at the bar for a nightcap.

9

If your routine involves going to happy hour with friends, eating out, taking Uber home, having a nightcap then yeah, you could easily do more than that without really trying.

10

But I did have a nightcap almost every night for a year at a time when I was very ill and doctors didn't really know what to do for me.

11

If I'm having a nightcap then it's just a thimbleful rather than a tumbler; I like fine whiskey, and it's sufficiently expensive that I restrict myself to little sips rather than full measures.

12

That said, it's also going to fry your liver, kidneys, and pretty much anything else, but if you were already a conscript that spent 26 hours a day in a state somewhere between unconscious and drunk, a little kerosene nightcap might be just the thing.

Quote examples

1

In caricatures, Germans were and sometimes still are depicted as a "Deutscher Michel" with a nightcap, because of their political inactivity and lethargy.

2

It may derive from the German Dudeltopf or Dudeldop, meaning simpleton or noodle (literally "nightcap").' [1] Not sure why the author of this article couldn't be bothered to complete the etymology he started.

3

The current sitting president is also a huge outlier in that he is an old man that's been wealthy his entire life and famous world-wide for 5 decades and has entered politics as more of a nightcap on a long celebrity "career" of simply being rich.

Proper noun examples

1

Nightcap guru (from the other top post) suggested this: > This dream likely symbolizes a feeling of helplessness and vulnerability in your current life.

2

Nightcap - iPhone camera app for night photography, star trails, etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use nightcap in a sentence?

For the iPhone you should be able to use the NightCap camera app [1], it can stack multiple exposures.

What does nightcap mean?

A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.

What part of speech is nightcap?

nightcap is commonly used as noun, verb.