New Year countdown
Ten to one
The countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve, when crowds count down the final seconds of the old year together: The New Year countdown in Times Square draws millions of viewers.
The ritual typically begins at ten seconds before midnight, ending with cheers, kisses, and the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- stroke of midnightExact moment of twelve
- ball dropAnnual midnight spectacle
- dropping the ballFailing at a crucial moment
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
champagne toast · confetti · fireworks · Times Square · cheering · clock · celebration · party · party hats · toast · streamers · ringing in · new beginnings · kiss · midnight kiss · sparklers · noisemakers · revelry
- time traditionsdaylight saving, time zones, calendar systems, clock watching, lunar calendar
- countdownsT-minus, tick tock, ticking, seconds, minutes
temporal direction
New Year countdownelapsed time
Time that has passed
looking back · count-up · counting up · retrospective · year in review
year, countdown, newer, newest, newness, renewal, renewable, yearly, yearling