all-nighter

noun

all-night·​er ˈȯl-ˈnī-tər 

: something that lasts all night

specifically : an all-night study session

Examples of all-nighter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After The Invite’s premiere, the director pulled two all-nighters listening to presentations from different studios vying to distribute the film. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 26 June 2026

Hollins, scared of sleeping through his alarm, pulled an all-nighter. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026

What started out as a viewing of Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers became an all-nighter, and the morning after was brutal. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026

The singer has been out and about in New York the past week, going to game four of the NBA Finals, making an emotional speech at the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony, and apparently pulling an all-nighter at Electric Lady Studios (which might have been a birthday party, and not TS13, but still). — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for all-nighter

• exciter
• firefighter
• igniter
• lamplighter
• reciter
• screenwriter
• scriptwriter
• songwriter
• sportswriter
• typewriter
• biter
• brighter