Definition of a night cap

night cap    

noun

• an alcoholic drink before going to bed.

                                                                           
  
                                                   
  
                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from "Last Call", Castle (TV, 2010), Season 3 Episode 10 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: alcohol.

  Last edited on Dec 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'alcohol':
Irish handcuffs	Definitions include: two drinks: one for each hand.
alky	Definitions include: alcoholic.
near beer	Definitions include: light beer.
beast	Definitions include: Milwaukee's Best brand beer.
larry	Definitions include: derogatory term, "moron".
giggle juice	Definitions include: alcohol.
Oly	Definitions include: Olympia brand beer.
training wheels	Definitions include: salt and a lime to accompany a shot of tequila.
growler	Definitions include: defecation causing extreme pain, and audible growling sounds.
40	Definitions include: See forty.
516	Definitions include: a "Long Island Ice Tea" (also called a "Long Island Iced Tea") which is a strong alcoholic mixed drink.
road sody	Definitions include: alternate spelling / pronunciation of "road soda".
sixer	Definitions include: a six-pack of beer.
cris	Definitions include: Cristal.
brewski	Definitions include: a beer.
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Other terms relating to 'cap':
brown-cap	Definitions include: to need to defecate badly.
bust a cap	Definitions include: to fire a bullet; "shoot".
bust caps	Definitions include: to use all capital letters when texting, posting, tweeting or emailing.
cap	Definitions include: a bullet.
cap fight	Definitions include: a light-hearted verbal duel between two people.
c*nt Cap	Definitions include: US Army elongated hat (cover) that comes together at the front and back.
feather in (one's) cap	Definitions include: an accomplishment.
jimmy cap	Definitions include: a condom.
large-cap	Definitions include: From Wall Street, as in large-capitalization.
penis cap	Definitions include: Another way of saying one is a clown
pop a cap	Definitions include: to shoot.
pop a cap in (one's) *ss	Definitions include: to shoot someone.
small-cap	Definitions include: From Wall Street, as in small-capitalization.
snow-cap	Definitions include: An old person with white or grey hair.
white cap	Definitions include: old person
Other terms relating to 'night':
all-nighter	Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task.
amateur night	Definitions include: Friday and Saturday nights, when a disproportionate number of people are unpleasantly drunk in public.
call it a night	Definitions include: to go home and/or go to bed.
fly-by-night	Definitions include: adjective.
GNO	Definitions include: acronym for "girls' night out".
hen night	Definitions include: a bachelorette party.
lady of the night	Definitions include: a female prostitute.
night and day	Definitions include: completely different.
night bird	Definitions include: a police or black helicopter that flies around with spotlight on.
night flower	Definitions include: prostitute.
nightie night	Definitions include: "goodnight."
night owl	Definitions include: a person who often stays up late at night, or is more productive at night.
one night stand	Definitions include: a sexual encounter (which usually but does not always include sexual intercourse) after which one or both parties make no attempt to contact the other person.
pull an all-nighter	Definitions include: See all-nighter.
your mom was good last night	Definitions include: a general insult.

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