all nighter

Noun

Meaning

all nighter (plural all nighters)

Alternative spelling of all-nighter.

Something that lasts throughout the whole night.
That party was an all-nighter.

Specifically, an instance of studying or working throughout the night.

(UK, crime, slang) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night.

(UK, crime, slang) A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

(US, crime, slang) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.

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After a hurricane, people typically gather, forming a rebulú — a spontaneous, noisy all-nighter that spills out into the streets, with a big pot of sancocho stew simmering on the stove. Source: Internet

All Nighter bus service runs when BART is closed. 30 out of 44 BART stations are served either directly or within a few blocks. Source: Internet

Pope wrote it herself, longhand, pulling an all-nighter with Bond in the house of her professor, historian Howard Zinn, who had a typewriter. Source: Internet

After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. Source: Internet

Have you ever pulled an all-nighter and the next day, whatever you do, you cannot drink enough coffee, eat enough pizza, or just get going? Source: Internet

If your brain is gonna force you to do an all-nighter, you might as well spend it in a book that’ll keep your attention until the very last page. Source: Internet

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