Phrase guide

after dark

noun · prep_phrase · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A bookmaker's clerk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, slang

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A shark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, slang

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An 18+ account of a content creator, typically on Twitter (X).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

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4

prep_phrase

Meaning 4

After nightfall; at night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 在黃昏以後 /在黄昏以后 (zài huánghūn yǐhòu) — after nightfall, at night
  • Dutch: na het donker (worden) — after nightfall, at night
  • Dutch: nadat de nacht gevallen is — after nightfall, at night
  • Dutch: na het vallen van de avond — after nightfall, at night
  • French: après la tombée de la nuit — after nightfall, at night
  • German: nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit — after nightfall, at night
  • German: nach Dunkelwerden — after nightfall, at night
  • Italian: dopo il tramonto — after nightfall, at night
  • Japanese: 暮れの後 (kure no ato) — after nightfall, at night
  • Korean: 해거름다음에 (haegeoreumda'eume) — after nightfall, at night
  • Latin: de nocte — after nightfall, at night
  • Lithuanian: naktį — after nightfall, at night
  • Pannonian Rusyn: поцме (pocme) — after nightfall, at night
  • Polish: po zmroku — after nightfall, at night
  • Portuguese: após o anoitecer — after nightfall, at night
  • Russian: по́сле наступле́ния темноты́ (pósle nastuplénija temnotý) — after nightfall, at night
  • Serbo-Croatian: nakon mraka — after nightfall, at night
  • Serbo-Croatian: posle mraka — after nightfall, at night
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadmrak — after nightfall, at night
  • Spanish: después de anochecer — after nightfall, at night