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all-nighter

n. 1 Something that lasts throughout the whole night. 2 (context UK crime slang English) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night. 3 (context UK crime slang English) A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night. 4 (context US crime slang English) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.

Usage examples of "all-nighter".

The imagery was printed up on six of the big laser printers custom-made for the NRO, and driven to the White House, where people were mainly sitting around in the Oval Office pulling a Presidential all-nighter, which was rather more special than those done by the deliveryman, an Army sergeant E-5 in this case.

Jane had always had trouble sleeping, always ready to prowl around red-eyed and pull an all-nighter.

He had been pulling all-nighters at random interĀ­vals all his adult life, each one etching the lines of exhaustion and rumpledness a little deeper.