- the small hours
- the early hours of the morning after midnight.
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the small hours
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(the) small hours — the small hours UK US noun [plural] the time when it is very early in the morning, soon after midnight Thesaurus: times in the evening or nighthyponym happening at night and related to nightsynonym * * * the ˈsmall/ˈearly hours idiom … Useful english dictionary
(the) small hours — the early hours of the morning. I was up till the small hours of Wednesday morning finishing off that report. (often + of) She was born in the small hours of Saturday morning … New idioms dictionary
The small hours — Hour Hour, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. ?, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.] 1. The … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
the small hours — UK / US noun [plural] the time when it is very early in the morning, soon after midnight … English dictionary
(the) early hours — the early hours phrase the period of time between midnight and the very early morning The attack happened in the early hours of Sunday morning. Thesaurus: times in the evening or nighthyponym happening at night and related to nightsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
small hours — The term the small hours means after midnight or the very early hours of the day. Sarah worked until the small hours on her speech for the ceremony … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
small hours — ► PLURAL NOUN (the small hours) ▪ the early hours of the morning after midnight … English terms dictionary
small hours — hours after midnight; early morning hours: We danced into the small hours. [1830 40] * * * … Universalium
(the) wee hours — the wee small ˈhours idiom (ScotE) (NAmE the wee ˈhours) = ↑small hours ↑hour Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
small hours — noun the hours just after midnight • Hypernyms: ↑hour, ↑time of day • Part Holonyms: ↑night, ↑nighttime, ↑dark * * * noun plural : hours of the early morning immediately following midnight used with … Useful english dictionary
