nightcap
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nightcap¹
- /ˈnaɪtˌkæp/ US
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From night + cap.
noun nightcaps · night cap · night-cap
- A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread. Winston wore a nightcap to stave off the cold.
- A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic. I'll make myself a nightcap of whisky and lemon before heading to bed.
- Something that a person reads or listens to before bed. "[…] and as a nightcap I happened to pick the copy of Plato […]"
- The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader.
- A cap drawn over the face of the condemned person before they are hanged.
verb nightcaps · nightcapping · nightcapped · night cap · night-cap
- To drink an alcoholic beverage shortly before retiring to bed. 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, […]
Nightcap²
proper noun
- A locality in the Byron council area and the Lismore council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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noun warm cap worn at night
| Español | gorro de dormir |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 睡帽 shuìmào |
| Português | touca de dormir, barrete de dormir, gorro de dormir |
| Français | bonnet de nuit |
| Deutsch | Schlafmütze |
| Italiano | berretto frigio, berretto da notte, papalina |
| Ελληνικά | νυχτικός σκούφος nychtikós skoúfos |
| Русский | ночно́й колпа́к nočnój kolpák, колпа́к kolpák |
noun beverage
| 日本語 | 寝酒 nezake |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Absacker, Schlummertrunk |
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@misc{nightcap_2026,
title = {nightcap},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nightcap},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
