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Definition of all-nighter
all-nighter 
noun
- an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task.
I had to pull an all-nighter before the final.
Citation from "Vendetta", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 2 Episode 9 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Four Little Words", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 15 (2007) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: school (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.
Last edited on Apr 11 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'business (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: more than ramen profitable. | |
| Definitions include: "very". | |
| Definitions include: a boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters. | |
| Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement. | |
| Definitions include: a person who always agrees with superiors. | |
| Definitions include: to start one's work shift. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day. | |
| Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions. | |
| Definitions include: "co-worker". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office". | |
| Definitions include: the busy, hectic modern urban lifestyle. | |
| Definitions include: an unenthusiastic worker, especially in an office setting. | |
| Definitions include: to take something vertical, i.e. to upper management. | |
| Definitions include: a meeting. | |
| Definitions include: conventionally. | |
Other terms relating to 'school (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: a student who has completed all parts of advanced education with the exception of completing, presenting, and defending their dissertation. | |
| Definitions include: university. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "all but dissertation". | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "full-ride scholarship". | |
| Definitions include: pejorative term for a male in a fraternity, or a male who acts like a male in a fraternity. | |
| Definitions include: See all-nighter. | |
| Definitions include: work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of "school". | |
| Definitions include: a leg. | |
| Definitions include: a hidden piece of paper with information used to cheat on a test. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: homework. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "trigonometry". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "big man on campus". | |
| Definitions include: "goes in to". | |
Other terms relating to 'to accomplish, work hard': | |
| Definitions include: good tasting. | |
| Definitions include: one's best effort. | |
| Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up". | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart". | |
| Definitions include: to persist during a difficult time or while completing a difficult task. | |
| Definitions include: to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.) | |
| Definitions include: to expend significant effort waiting on (helping, being an assistant to) a person. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: to do a lot of work or spend a lot of money for something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: an accomplishment that goes above and beyond what is expected; "a good job". | |
| Definitions include: See all-nighter. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with. | |
| Definitions include: to complete a task with excellence. | |
| Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy". | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
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Other terms relating to 'all': | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "all but dissertation". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "all day I dream about sex". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: to say. Notes: can only be used in the present, past, and future simple tenses and the past conditional tense. | |
| Definitions include: See be all about. | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not. | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: a student who has completed all parts of advanced education with the exception of completing, presenting, and defending their dissertation. | |
| Definitions include: communication saying that trouble is no longer present, or that previously delayed plans can continue on their original course. | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: clumsy. | |
| Definitions include: in functioning order or at a level of acceptability; "fine". | |
| Definitions include: all good. | |
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Other terms relating to 'night': | |
| Definitions include: Friday and Saturday nights, when a disproportionate number of people are unpleasantly drunk in public. | |
| Definitions include: to go home and/or go to bed. | |
| Definitions include: adjective. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "girls' night out". | |
| Definitions include: a bachelorette party. | |
| Definitions include: a female prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: completely different. | |
| Definitions include: a police or black helicopter that flies around with spotlight on. | |
| Definitions include: an alcoholic drink before going to bed. | |
| Definitions include: prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: "goodnight." | |
| Definitions include: a person who often stays up late at night, or is more productive at night. | |
| Definitions include: a sexual encounter (which usually but does not always include sexual intercourse) after which one or both parties make no attempt to contact the other person. | |
| Definitions include: See all-nighter. | |
| Definitions include: An insult. | |
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