lights-out
The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtimeThe time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime.
отбойotboj
(uncountable)The prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital.
We were all expected to be in bed by lights-out.
отбойotboj
a prescribed bedtime
(euphemistic, idiomatic, uncountable)Something hopeless, over; unconsciousness.
It's gonna be lights out for you, pal!
(idiomatic, uncountable)A decisive play.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Synonyms
1 synonyms- (military) signal to turn the lights out:taps
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.