bleach

English Definition

To stay awake through the night.

Etymology

• (From English bleach (whiten). A reference to the fact that as night turns to day the sky gets lighter, as if it is being bleached.)

Examples

• "And that's why ah nuff little youth have up some fat 'matic with the extra magazine inna dem back pocket and a bleach a night time inna some black jacket."

  And that's why a lot of little youths carry large automatic guns with an extra magazine in their back pockets and stay up through the night in black jackets.

• "'Fraid of me, dem 'fraid. Me is a bwoy weh can bleach and wait."

  Afraid of me, they're afraid. I'm a boy who can stay awake through the night and wait.