allnighterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From all-night +‎ -er = all- +‎ night +‎ -er.

発音

名詞

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, crime, slang) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night.
3. (UK, crime, slang) A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

4. (US, crime, slang) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.

派生語

• pull an all-nighter

参考

• 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.