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midnight
Definitions
(Noun) A representation of the time 12:00 AM.Usage: Look at the clock, it is midnight.
(Noun) 1. at night-time, the latest point of night/the earliest point of day, at 12 am/0 am in the night.
2. the colour of the sky at this point of time: midnight black
3. a dark colour, especially one that resembles midnight or a dark, late night
Also used as a simile: As dark as midnight; as black as midnight; as late as midnight etc.
Idiomatic expression: Midnight sharp, meaning at exactly midnight or a time around then
Usage: They planned to make the robbery occur at midnight because of less interferences and interruptions, and that no warnings would probably be given at that point of time.
(Noun) twelve o'clock at night
(Noun) Called twelve o’clock at night, also 12:00 AM
Usage: Let’s stay up till midnight and see the fireworks!
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