"all-nighter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-all-nighter.ogg Forms: all-nighters [plural]
Etymology: From all-night + -er = all- + night + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|all-night|er|id2=relational}} all-night + -er, {{confix|en|all|night|er|nocat=1}} all- + night + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} all-nighter (plural all-nighters)
  1. Something that lasts throughout the whole night. Categories (topical): Night, Time
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-ByZ~UhKI Disambiguation of Night: 24 24 16 16 19 Disambiguation of Time: 50 50 0 0 0
  2. Something that lasts throughout the whole night.
    (specifically) An instance of studying or working throughout the night without sleep.
    Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Night, Time
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-awG5PZZF Disambiguation of Night: 24 24 16 16 19 Disambiguation of Time: 50 50 0 0 0
  3. (UK, crime, slang) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Crime, Night
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-FqmDnT0x Disambiguation of Night: 24 24 16 16 19 Categories (other): British English
  4. (UK, crime, slang) A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Crime, Night, People Synonyms: prostitute's client
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-IxQwRKaa Disambiguation of Night: 24 24 16 16 19 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 3 78 18 Categories (other): British English
  5. (US, crime, slang) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Crime, Night, Prison, Prostitution
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-xrfB6K6W Disambiguation of Night: 24 24 16 16 19 Disambiguation of Prison: 5 9 8 13 65 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 3 15 13 22 47 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (relational), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 14 12 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (relational): 5 9 15 14 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 6 10 8 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 5 4 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: allnighter, all nighter Derived forms: pull an all-nighter Related terms: vigil

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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