# good night

Pronunciation: say "guud-NYT" /ˌɡʊd ˈnaɪt/

## Idiom

1. Said as a farewell in the evening or before going to sleep.
   - Simple: What you say to someone when you leave them in the evening or go to bed.
   - _"Good night, sweetheart," her father whispered as he turned off the light._
   - _We said good night to our hosts and walked home under the stars._

## Idiom · good-night

2. To say the farewell good night to someone.
   - Simple: To say good night to someone.
   - _Dad always stops by our rooms to good-night us before he goes to bed._
   - _The two old friends good-nighted on the corner and went their separate ways._

## Idiom

3. Used as an exclamation of incredulity, when something is hard to believe. *(dated)*
   - Simple: Said when you can hardly believe something.
   - _"Oh, good night! You expect me to believe that?" she laughed._
   - _"Good night, look at this mess!" he groaned, staring at the flooded basement._

## Origin

Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/good-night (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).