Meaning

5 senses
  1. Something that lasts throughout the whole night.

    That party was an all-nighter.

  2. Something that lasts throughout the whole night.

    (specifically)An instance of studying or working throughout the night without sleep.

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

  4. (UK, slang)A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night.

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

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From all-night + -er = all- + night + -er.

From all-night + -er = all- + night + -er.

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