sports bar

noun

Definition of sports barnext
as in nightclub

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Recent Examples of sports bar That number may have been even higher at Joxer Daly’s, a sports bar in Culver City. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 The big club also contains some relatively intimate spaces, including a family room, a private nursing room, and an intimate whiskey and sports bar. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 In the 1990s and 2000s, the sports bar had locations in Cornelius, University City, South Charlotte, Rock Hill, Indian Land, Kenilworth Avenue and Denver. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 The arcade and sports bar chain announced a new rave series in partnership with Southern California event promoter Brownies & Lemonade, bringing electronic dance music events to select locations across the country later this year. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sports bar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sports bar
  1. nightclub
  2. bottle club
  3. bistro
  4. cabaret
  5. joint
  6. dive
  7. roadhouse
  8. brewpub
Noun
  • The Mayfair members’ club played host to over 200 of Swift’s concert crew, who partied alongside the star at the only nightclub ever frequented by the late Queen Elizabeth II.
    — Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Rydell insisted that Midler — then an untested actress known for her prowess as a nightclub singer — be cast as the Janis Joplin-like rocker Mary Rose Foster in The Rose.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of nightclub
Noun
  • The restaurant was established in 2003 as a Grand Mariner bottle club, which has now grown to a community of 3,500 members.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Regular events and a bottle club help build community.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of bottle club
Noun
  • The restaurant has two Michelin stars; there's also a daytime bistro and a wonderful bar worth spending a few hours in.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This quaint European bistro offers a menu that would do any similarly modest establishment in Paris proud.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of bistro
Noun
  • The comedian has built her career by wringing laughs out of a compulsion to share her own worst thoughts about her body, life, and career through the lens of a glamorous cabaret diva.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • According to the GoFundMe, the proceeds will be used to issue micro-grants and funding to Philadelphia's drag and cabaret performers through an application process and committee decision.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • Legalization makes that imagery easy to flatten, but Frankie lighting a joint in that guy’s driveway still feels like a radical act.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026
  • That electric arc generates enough heat to melt metal at a joint between two metal parts, which allows the two parts to be combined once the molten metal has solidified again.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of joint
Noun
  • Believing in her innocence, Shade and Everett dive headfirst back into the high-stakes world of investigation.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Big Cass returned to the ring, but Evans fought back, hitting a suicide dive to the outside and taking the big man off his feet.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of dive
Noun
  • Hackney on Harms is actually the original Hackney’s, a tavern and roadhouse that opened after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • That extra dose of voyeurism, for an audience that’s constantly being let in on deep and awkward personal secrets from these characters, can happen because of the beautifully overstuffed roadhouse setting designed by Tim Mackabee.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of roadhouse
Noun
  • Douglas County, Nevada, sheriff’s deputies said the charges stemmed from a verbal and physical altercation with a brewpub employee, the Daily Tribune reported at the time.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Pedals & Pints Brewing (Thousand Oaks, California) Pedals & Pints Brewing is a brewpub with about a dozen beers available in their Thousand Oaks taproom, along with a full food menu.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of brewpub

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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sports%20bar. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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