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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A signal or command to extinguish lights for the night.
  2. n. Bedtime.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Alternative form of lights-out.
  2. v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of light out.

Examples

  • “A dozen times or more, they unearthed the TV from behind the toolshed, late at night, with the lights out and quilts pinned over the windows.”

    A Thousand Splendid Suns

  • “Well, Nick Bamba came over Friday night," Qwilleran began, "and we were having a quiet evening with the lights out and loaded firearms across our knees, in case anything happened, when Koko suddenly started making an ungodly fuss.”

    The Cat Who Went Underground

  • “Punching his older self’s lights out still seemed like a good plan.”

    Counting Up, Counting Down

  • “If his older selfdid remain here in the twentieth century, Justin still intended to punch his lights out the first chance he got.”

    Counting Up, Counting Down

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Words with the same meaning

  1. taps

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bugle call
  1. bedtime

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. server
  2. turn
  1. to turn out
  2. lights-out
  1. taps
  2. out
  1. snuff out
  2. light
  1. black
  2. check
  1. quench
  2. blow out
  1. extinguish
  2. camaieu

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