Meaning & use
Nighter
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An event, match, or activity that takes place at night, or informally, a period spent working or studying through the night.
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The cricket teams played a day-nighter, starting in the afternoon and finishing under floodlights.
She pulled a nighter to finish the report before the morning deadline.
A note on using this word
"Nighter" is rarely used alone in casual speech; it usually appears as part of a compound, such as "all-nighter" or "day-nighter."
Words with a similar meaning
all-nighter
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