all-nighter: Meaning and Definition of

all-night•er

Pronunciation: (ôl'nī'tur), [key]
— 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 study or finish a task: I had to pull an all-nighter to get the paper done on time.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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