nightcap
/ˈnaɪtˌkæp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.
noun
The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader.
American usage
name
A locality in the Byron council area and the Lismore council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Example Sentences
- "Winston wore a nightcap to stave off the cold."
- "I'll make myself a nightcap of whisky and lemon before heading to bed."
- "You know the other night, when I had dinner with Afro-Dite? When Jo was in San Francisco? Well we dropped into the Sinners, right, just for a nightcap."
- "This week I took up the relatively simple challenge of buying breakfast, lunch and dinner—and a nightcap—exclusively from konbini, as well as completing a couple of admin tasks."
- ""[…] and as a nightcap I happened to pick the copy of Plato […]""
- "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, […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnaɪtˌkæp/
Usage
- American usage
- Intransitive verb