nighter
- noun
- /ˈnaɪtər/
- UK
- Oh, and bring a sleeping bag, it's gonna be an all nighter.
- an all-nighter
- a one-nighter
- pull an all-nighter
Examples
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It's gonna be an all nighter.
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So, I brought you the cut, it's gonna be a good old-fashioned all nighter.
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So this will be an all-nighter... of watching.
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"No, this is an all-nighter," she said.
Fiction book (2001) -
So it looks like we'll be doing an all-nighter.
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Looks like it's going to be another "all-nighter."
Blog text (5) -
Welcome to our end of summer blast all-nighter.
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You know, we booked the Rolling Stones for a one-nighter in Phoenix.
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You still have halfway to go, and if you use all your energy now, how in the world will you be able to pull all-nighters before finals?
Blog text (20) -
We're hosting an all-night nighter with games, music, and dancing until dawn.
Synonyms
A night when someone stays awake to study or work
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Nighter comes from night and the ending -er, which can turn a time into a thing or event. So a nighter is an event or party that lasts through the 'night' until morning.