all-nighter

== English == === Alternative forms === allnighter, all nighter === Etymology === From all-night +‎ -er = all- +‎ night +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === === Noun === all-nighter (plural all-nighters) Something that lasts throughout the whole night. (specifically) An instance of studying or working throughout the night without sleep. (UK, crime, slang) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night. (UK, crime, slang) A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client (US, crime, slang) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night. ==== Derived terms ==== pull an all-nighter ==== See also ==== vigil === Further reading === Eric Partridge (2007), “all-nighter”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 9.