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"young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"noun12 o'clock at night; the middle of the nighttype of:
Definition that contains midnight
- night the time between sunset and midnight
- revere American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
- sabbat a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy
- midwatch a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
- p.m. between noon and midnight
- evening shift workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
- beauty sleep sleep before midnight
- swing shift the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
- night shift the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)
- middle watch a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)