all-night

 [awl-nahyt]  

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.
Origin:
1520–30
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all-night

adjective
lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; "a nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight trip" [syn: nightlong] 
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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