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LIGHTS-OUT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(military) signal to turn the lights out

Synonyms:

lights-out; taps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("lights-out" is a kind of...):

bugle call (a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A prescribed bedtime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("lights-out" is a kind of...):

bedtime (the time you go to bed)

Holonyms ("lights-out" is a part of...):

dark; night; nighttime (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside)

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