Usually means: Vigil on New Year's Eve.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word watch night:

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  1. watch night: Merriam-Webster
  2. watch night: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. watch night: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. watch night: Collins English Dictionary
  5. watch night: Vocabulary.com
  6. watch-night, watch night: Wordnik
  7. Watch Night, watch-night, watch night: Wiktionary
  8. watch night: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. watch night: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. watch night: Dictionary.com
  11. Watch Night: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. watch night: Rhymezone
  13. Watch Night: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. watch night: FreeDictionary.org
  15. watch night: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. watch night: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Watch Night)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of watchnight. [(Christianity, historical) A monthly or quarterly religious service participated in by Methodists which extended past midnight.]
▸ noun:  Alternative form of watchnight [(Christianity, historical) A monthly or quarterly religious service participated in by Methodists which extended past midnight.]

Similar:
watch-night, watchnight, night-time, night, nightshift, night watch, midnite, watch of the night, watchlight, noon of night, more...

Opposite:
daytime, morning, afternoon

Types:
vigil, wake, all-nighter, more...

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Similar:
watch-night, watchnight, night-time, night, nightshift, night watch, midnite, watch of the night, watchlight, noon of night, more...

Opposite:
daytime, morning, afternoon

Types:
vigil, wake, all-nighter, more...



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