the small hours
1(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 …
2(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 …
3The 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 …
4the small hours — the early hours of the morning after midnight. → small hours …
5the small hours — UK / US noun [plural] the time when it is very early in the morning, soon after midnight …
6(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… …
7small 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 …
8small hours — ► PLURAL NOUN (the small hours) ▪ the early hours of the morning after midnight …
9small hours — hours after midnight; early morning hours: We danced into the small hours. [1830 40] * * * …
10(the) wee hours — the wee small ˈhours idiom (ScotE) (NAmE the wee ˈhours) = ↑small hours ↑hour Main entry: ↑ …