opening night
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The first night, evening, or day of a spectacle or show.
Example Sentences
- "I’m writing in pure hyperbole. I know this. I just don’t know another way to talk about this movie. Watching Fury Road in the theater on opening night, I worried that I was being obnoxious, gleefully cackling with glee and, more than once, literally throwing my hands up in disbelief."
- "With their lead cut to 14-7, England could have got twitchy, but any opening-night nerves were eased as United States centre Alev Kelter, who plays her club rugby with Loughborough Lightning, was shown yellow a minute after Jarrell-Searcy's score."