all-nighter
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all-nighter — UK US noun [C] INFORMAL ► a time when you spend all night working: »When a client presentation loomed, the team would work for 24 hours, and after this all nighter they d go out for a celebratory lunch … Financial and business terms
all-nighter — noun count something that continues for the whole night, especially a party a. AMERICAN INFORMAL a whole night that you spend studying while you are in college. You say that you pull an all nighter when you study all night … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
all-nighter — n informal an occasion when you spend the whole night studying or doing written work in university … Dictionary of contemporary English
all-nighter — [ôl′nīt′ər] n. Informal something that lasts through the night, as a work or study session or a party … English World dictionary
All Nighter — The All Nighter is a night bus network of service in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, which shadows the rapid transit and commuter rail services of the BART System (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and Caltrain, the major rail services between San… … Wikipedia
all-nighter — 1. n. something that lasts all night, like a party or study session. □ After an all nighter studying, I couldn’t keep my eyes open for the test. □ Sam invited us to an all nighter, but we’re getting a little old for that kind of thing. 2. n. a… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
all-nighter — /awl nuy teuhr/, n. Informal. 1. something that lasts, is available, or is open for business throughout the night: The poker game turned into an all nighter. Are any of the grocery stores all nighters? 2. an act of staying up all night, as to… … Universalium
all-nighter — I n A restaurant that stays open all night. It was 3 AM but they found a little all nighter on the corner where they could get a cup of java. 1930s II n An all night studying binge. I almost fell asleep during the test after pulling an all… … Historical dictionary of American slang
all-nighter — UK [ˌɔːl ˈnaɪtə(r)] / US [ˌɔl ˈnaɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms all nighter : singular all nighter plural all nighters a) something that continues for the whole night, especially a party b) informal a whole night that you spend studying while… … English dictionary
all-nighter — (ˌ) ̷ ̷ ˈnīd.ə(r) noun ( s) : something (as a party or a study session) that lasts throughout the night * * * ˌall ˈnighter [all nighter] noun ( … Useful english dictionary
all-nighter — a contract with a prostitute to stay with her all night • Prostitutes jargon: The price of a short time with massage stayed the same, and an all nighter cost only an extra three fifty. (Theroux, 1973) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
