nighter
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈnaɪtər/
- Informal
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trasnochador
- During finals week, many students turned into nighters, staying awake to complete their assignments.
Examples
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To meet the deadline, the team became nighters and worked through the night.
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I just pulled an all nighter.
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I pulled an all nighter.
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A couple of all-nighters a week.
Fiction book (2000) -
And I have to pull another all-nighter.
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After an all nighter, Jessel needed to pick me up before a morning volleyball game.
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We've just gotten back from another all-nighter.
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Most everybody else went to the show, but I'd pulled an all-nighter the day before, cramming for an exam.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'd tussled with Miles, helped with the dishes, and joined them for long all-nighters talking about nothing in particular.
Fiction book (2001) -
Even if you're staying up late working all-nighters, you're probably not getting that much real work done.
Blog text (32)
Synonyms
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3.4
A person who stays up late and does things at night
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4.1
A person who likes to be awake and active at night
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6.0
A person who prefers to be awake and active at night
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8.0
A person who prefers being awake late at night
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8.9
A person who likes to be awake and active late at night
A person who moves around at night, often in secret
Compounds
How Awake
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nighter comes from night and the ending -er, which makes a word for a person, like singer or worker. So a nighter is someone who stays awake during the 'night' for work, study, or fun.