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all nighter

all nighter is the alternative spelling of all-nighter.

Meaning of all-nighter

Noun

all-nighter (plural all-nighters)

  1. Something that lasts throughout the whole night.
    • That party was an all-nighter.
    1. (specifically) An instance of studying or working throughout the night without sleep.
  2. (UK, slang, crime) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night.
  3. (UK, slang, crime) A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night.
  4. (US, slang, crime) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.

Forms of all nighter

pluralall nighters

Questions about all nighter

What is all nighter the alternative spelling of?
All nighter is the alternative spelling of all-nighter.

Words near all nighter in the dictionary

  1. all mouth and no trousers
  2. all mouth and trousers
  3. all my eye
  4. all my eye and Betty Martin
  5. all night
  6. all nighter
  7. all nighters
  8. all o' y'all
  9. all of
  10. all of a doodah
  11. all of a heap

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