all-day

[ awl-dey ]

/ ˈɔlˌdeɪ /

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adjective

taking up, extending through, lasting for, or occurring continually during a day, especially the hours of daylight; daylong: an all-day tour of the city; an all-day lollipop.

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Origin of all-day

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby all-day

all better, All Blacks, all but, all clear, all cylinders, all-day, all-dayer, all-dressed, all ears, allecret, allegation

How to use all-day in a sentence

The Simpsons is really experiencing this pop culture moment of late, with the all-day FXX marathon.
Harry Shearer on Being Nixon, ‘The Simpsons Movie’ Sequel, and Why Obama Should Return His Nobel|Marlow Stern|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The longlists are whittled down to shortlists of five during the intense all-day January board meeting.
How to Pick a Book Prize|Jane Ciabattari|January 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Sweet Basil, which has been around since 1977, serves amazingly fresh lunch and dinners, and has all-day bar hours.
Vail, Colorado: Skier's Paradise|Jolie Hunt|January 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Today's all-day conference taking a "second look" shows the power of the right in even getting such a question on the table.
Was the New Deal a Bust?|Jeff Madrick|March 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST

From Leamington to London was nearly an all-day's run, although the distance is only one hundred miles.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Assault on Vienna In the course of an all-day fight the troops succeeded in taking the suburbs.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
One Sunday the church announced an all-day meeting and basket dinner in a grove near Peter's house.
Around Old Bethany|Robert Lee Berry
But Raven was not accustomed to the long, all-day flights of the geese, and he became tired.
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales|Clara Kern Bayliss
Tent inspection was over and they were going for an all-day hike through the woods.
The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest|Margaret Vandercook