- small hours, the
- ,small `hours, the noun pluralthe time when it is very early in the morning, soon after midnight
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small hours, the
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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
small hours — ► PLURAL NOUN (the small hours) ▪ the early hours of the morning after midnight … English terms 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
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
small hours — noun (plural) the small hours the early morning hours, between about one and four o clock: We stayed up talking into the small hours … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
small hours — plural noun (the small hours) the early hours of the morning after midnight … English new terms dictionary
Small hours — Small Small (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller}; superl. {Smallest}.] [OE. small, AS. sm[ae]l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
(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) wee small hours — the wee small ˈhours idiom (ScotE) (NAmE the wee ˈhours) = ↑small hours ↑hour Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
