Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Night.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To refuse; deny.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Informal spelling of
night .
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Examples
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Deep in the dark of the nite is a trail, when everyone seems to think everything is going alright.
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When you cringe every time you text someone, "nite", because it's just so damn easier.
Listening to presidential talk — is Barack Obama what we want to hear now? Ann Althouse 2008
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This same government has every know kind of nite/restricted vision devices know to mankind even sights that can see through object for heat fluctuations.
bin Laden hacked? 2008
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With words like "nite" and "lite" having achieved semi-acceptable status as at least "alternate spellings," I suppose it's only a matter of time before "u" become official.
Archive 2007-03-01 1 Dinosaur 2007
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It was fairly safe even at midnight, lined with boutiques, shops, and all - "nite" delis.
Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2001
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It was fairly safe even at midnight, lined with boutiques, shops, and all - "nite" delis.
Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2000
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'nite', i.e. corned-beef hash, it was 'reet good' as well!
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The following nite I went to a job fair sponsored by local tv station while there became depressed as I saw only white collar networking going on.
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Oh it was so hot last nite I had to take the covers off.
Why everybody hates Uncle Merlin these days, even the clerks at my local convenience store 2010
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It was painful to me to watch David Gergen on Monday nite.
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