all-night

[ awl-nahyt ]

adjective

1. taking up, extending through, or occurring continually during an entire night; nightlong:

   an all-night vigil.

2. open all night, as for business; providing services, accommodations, etc., at all hours of the night:

   an all-night restaurant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of all-night¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

The traveling show arrived in Shreveport at 7:30 in the morning after an all-night drive.

From The Daily Beast

Sarang, which means “love” in Korean, starved to death while the Kims went on all-night gaming binges.

From The Daily Beast

Moritz Erhardt had just worked three all-night shifts at the office, according to unconfirmed reports on social media.

From The Daily Beast

The party scene grew and grew, and many a morning session was attended by bleary-eyed veterans of all-night binges.

From The Daily Beast

His used to steal beer and break into empty properties for all-night drinking parties.

From The Daily Beast

They paid no attention to me, but for fear they might, I tried to look as sleepy as an all-night bell-hop in a busy hotel.

From Project Gutenberg

Think of Edison's perseverance, his all-night experiments, without food or drink, his life-long hard and unremitting effort.

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I follows the girl until she turns around the corner where there is an all-night drug-store.

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There was little doubt that Miss Goucher's turn for the worse had come as the result of Susan's disturbing all-night absence.

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"Joe, here, is a minin' man--when he ain't runnin' a all-night lunch-stand," explained Cheyenne.

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