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LIGHTS-OUT
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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)
