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night-night

[ interjection nahyt-nahyt, -nahyt; adverb nahyt-nahyt ]

interjection

  1. Informal. good night.


night-night

sentence substitute

  1. an informal word for good night
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of night-night1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. go night-night, Baby Talk. to go to bed or to sleep.
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Example Sentences

Make the night night, and the day day, and 40 you will have a pleasant time of it.

"Just a little peep at dainty Miss Mission, to say night-night," he smiled, unfastening the catch on the chronometer case.

Lie on this, show sup the boon that nick the basting thread thinly and night night gown and pit wet kit.

Night-night, echoed Ted, as he wiggled his fingers in a funny fashion at Trouble.

And ''night-night' and 'daddy' were two-year-old language to Jim.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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