The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise. / Twelve o'clock at night exactly. / (dice games) boxcars

(poetic) Utterly dark or black.

plural of midnight

(film) A B-movie, often in camp style and with a retro theme. / A low-budget film which has become a cult classic, referring in this sense to original tradition of showing such films at night.

plural of midnight movie

(US, Baja California) A time of night when one is tired or feels as if it were midnight before it actually is, usually considered to be between 8pm and 9pm local time.

(US, military, informal) A meal served in the mess hall around midnight or later.

of a dark blue colour, almost black.

a dark blue colour, almost black.

The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.