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1all-night — all′ night adj. 1) lasting an entire night; nightlong: an all night vigil[/ex] 2) open all night: an all night diner[/ex] • Etymology: 1520–30 …
2all-night — adjective Date: 1886 1. lasting throughout the night < an all night poker game > 2. open throughout the night < an all night diner > …
3all-night — adjective Lasting throughout the whole night. an all night party …
4all-night — adjective lasting, open, or operating through the whole night a nightlong vigil an all night drugstore an overnight trip • Syn: ↑nightlong, ↑overnight • Similar to: ↑long …
5night|long — «NYT LNG, LONG», adjective, adverb. –adj. lasting all night: »Sleep…thou hast forged…A nightlong Present of the Past (Tennyson). –adv. through the whole night: »Daylong and nightlong of the fourteenth and fifteenth, the undiminished flight went… …
6night-long — ˈnight long [night long] adjective only before noun lasting all night …
7all- — prefix 1 consisting or made only of one kind of thing: an all male club | an all wool dress 2 for the whole of something: All India Railways | an all night party (=lasting all night) | an all night cafe (=staying open all night) …
8all-nighter — all′ night′er n. Informal. cvb inf something lasting or open all night, as an all night game or all night supermarket • Etymology: 1890–95 …
9all- — [ôl] combining form 1. wholly, entirely, or exclusively [all American] 2. for every [all purpose] 3. of everything or every part [all inclusive] 4. lasting throughout (a specified period) [all night] 5. [ …
10all-day — /awl day /, adj. taking up, extending through, lasting for, or occurring continually during a day, esp. the hours of daylight; daylong: an all day tour of the city; an all day lollipop. Cf. all night. [1865 70] * * * …