all-day

[ awl-dey ]

/ ˈɔlˌdeɪ /

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.

Compare all-night.

Origin of all-day

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby all-day

all's fair in love and war, all's well that ends well, all-, all-american, all-around, all-day, all-dayer, all-dressed, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-expense

Example sentences from the Web for all-day

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
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
To-morrow we expect to make an all-day excursion to Bellagio and Cadenabbia.

Italian Days and Ways |Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

The all-day labourers may represent all these classes, each in turn, and especially the last.

The Parables of Our Lord |William Arnot
He had had an all-day journey in summer heat, and a bad night preceding.

V. V.'s Eyes |Henry Sydnor Harrison
The promotion from all-day picnics to a two weeks' camping-trip is like going from school to college.

Little Rivers |Henry van Dyke
It was to be an all-day's ride to Paris, from nine o'clock in the morning until half past nine or ten at night.

An American Girl Abroad |Adeline Trafton

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all-day

adjective

Origin of all-day

Words nearby all-day

Example sentences from the Web for all-day