"all-nighter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-all-nighter.ogg [Australia] 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: 27 18 18 17 21 Disambiguation of Time: 100 0 0 0 0
  2. Specifically, an instance of studying or working throughout the night.
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-8avOt43J
  3. (UK, crime, slang) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-FqmDnT0x 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, People, Prostitution Synonyms: prostitute's client
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-IxQwRKaa Disambiguation of People: 0 0 3 79 18 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 4 14 22 38 22 Categories (other): British English
  5. (US, crime, slang) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Crime, Prison
    Sense id: en-all-nighter-en-noun-xrfB6K6W Disambiguation of Prison: 6 10 8 11 64 Categories (other): American English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (relational), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 13 19 18 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (relational): 6 10 19 17 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 8 14 14 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: allnighter, all nighter Derived forms: pull an all-nighter

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