Crossword clues for tonite
tonite
- This evening, casually
- This evening, on a marquee
- Show time, in ads
- Time in an ad
- This evening, informally
- This evening, in commercialese
- This evening, in "Variety"
- Show time, on posters
- Show time, informally
- Imminent show time, in ads
- Evening time, for short
- Cabaret poster word
- "We've Got ___" (1978-79 Bob Seger hit)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tonite \Ton"ite\, n. [Cf.L. tonare to thunder.] An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
colloquial shortening of tonight, attested by 1918.\n\nPresent-day student notices on bulletin boards, etc., read oftener than not, "Party Friday Nite," "Meeting Tonite," "Kum Tonite," etc.
[Louise Pound, Spelling-Manipulation and Present-Day Advertising, "Dialect Notes," 1923]
explosive used in blasting, 1881, from Latin tonare "to thunder" (see thunder (n.)) + -ite (2).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context US informal entertainment industry English) (alternative spelling of tonight English) Etymology 2
n. An explosive compound; a preparation of guncotton.
Wikipedia
Tonite may refer to:
- Tonite (explosive), a type of explosive
- A common variant of "tonight"; see Tonight (disambiguation)
- "Tonite" (song), a song by DJ Quik
- "Tonite", a song by Addictiv aka Tasha
- "Tonite", a song by Phats and Small from Now Phats What I Small Music
- "Tonite", a song by Air Supply from The One That You Love
- "Tonite", a song by Eminem from Infinite
- "Tonite", a song by The Go-Go's from Beauty and the Beat
- Tonite, a 2000 album by Bad Boys Blue
- "Arms Tonite", a song by Mother Mother from O My Heart
- "Tonite" , a song by April Wine from Harder ... Faster
Tonite is an explosive sometimes used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It consists of a mixture of equal weights of barium nitrate and guncotton. According to "Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise" by P. Gerald Sanford (available via Project Gutenberg): "The products of perfectly detonated gun-cotton may be expressed by the following equation: 2CHO(NO) = 18CO + 6CO + 14HO + 12N. It does not therefore contain sufficient oxygen for the complete combustion of its carbon." The production of carbon monoxide is dangerous in mining operations in particular, so additional oxygen is provided by mixing a nitrate compound with the guncotton. Various nitrates have been used ( nitre, potassium nitrate, barium nitrate, ammonium nitrate). The explosive was patented by Messrs Trench, Faure, and Mackie. The high gas pressures generated by detonation of Tonite resulted in it being used as a bursting charge for some early hand grenades used in World War I. Its name was taken from the Latin verb tonat = "it thunders", and is pronounced "toe-nite" and not as "tonight".
"Tonite" is a song by American rapper and producer DJ Quik, released as the second single from his debut studio album Quik Is the Name. The song contains samples from "Tonight" performed by Kleeer., "Tonight Is the Night" performed by Betty Wright and "Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)" performed by Esther Williams. Complex deemed it the 44th best of "The Best L.A. Rap Songs". The synthesizer part was programmed by LA Dream Team's former producer The Real Richie Rich.
Tonite is the thirteenth studio album of German band Bad Boys Blue. It was released on July 24, 2000 by Coconut Records. There was one single released for this record, "I'll Be Good". John McInerney performed all the songs. Rap parts were performed by Kevin McCoy. Again, Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann were back writing and producing.
Usage examples of "tonite".
Charles Talor was down to the house tonite and kept us all laffing to hear him tell stories about father and Gim Melcher.
Annie said we have got some napkins tonite, and Frankie said we have got some little plates to put the butter on, and i saw them first, and Annie said we have got some new goblets two, so there, and Frankie run his tung out at Annie and she made up a face at him, and then father told them to stop and they stoped and mother and aunt Sarah turned red and Mister Robinson he looked auful sollum and Mister Fernald looked funny and then he looked at father an begun to laff and father laffed and then we all laffed as hard as we cood, and Mister Fernald he said, dont mind a bit Missis Shute, i have got children of my own, i like Mister Fernald.
Pewt was holering about and he said what is the matter Orrin and Mister Head he said sum cussid boy has been ringing my door bell most every nite and i cougt him tonite and licked him good.
She almost lost her balance as Henry suddenly dropped her altogether and jerked at his Tonite gun.
He yanked a drawer open and withdrew the chromium-plated Tonite gun within.
Then the pale purple of a Tonite beam lashes out in a blaze of fury against the screen of an enemy ship, and in so doing, its own screen is forced to blink out.