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after dark

after dark prepositional phrase: after nightfall; at night.

Prepositional phrase

  1. After nightfall; at night.

Noun

after dark (plural after darks)

  1. (Australia, slang) A bookmaker's clerk.
  2. (Australia, slang) A shark.
  3. (Internet) An 18+ account of a content creator, typically on Twitter (X).

Adjective

after dark (not comparable)

  1. NSFW, 18+, sexual in nature.

Forms of after dark

pluralafter darks

Questions about after dark

What does after dark mean?
After dark means after nightfall; at night.
What part of speech is after dark?
After dark can be a prepositional phrase, a noun or an adjective.

Words near after dark in the dictionary

  1. after bodies
  2. after body
  3. after cabin
  4. after cabins
  5. after credits
  6. after dark
  7. after darks
  8. after hours
  9. after image journal
  10. after image journals
  11. after length

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