English Explanatory Dictionary

oh dark hundred

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)

Word forms

oh dark hundred 0-dark-hundred

Etymology

From military time, in which hours before 10:00 am are prefixed with a zero, read as "oh", and 00 minutes is read as "hundred", as in oh five-hundred for 5:00 am.

Synonyms

crack of dawn stupid o'clock wee small hours

Related words

0-dark-thirty dark thirty oh dark thirty zero dark thirty
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