CHICKEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

Meaning of CHICKEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING in English

Really late or really early, ungodly hour of the day, waking up with the chickens. See oh dark thirty. Example: Ed's nuts! He wants to go fishing at chicken o'clock in the morning.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

CHICKEN — One of the most widely domesticated poultry species ( Gallus gallus ), raised worldwide for its meat and eggs. Descended …
Английский словарь Британика
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 15th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORNING — I. ˈmȯrniŋ, ˈmȯ(ə)n-, -nēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English morning, morwening, from morn, morwen + -ing (as in …
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IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOCK — I. ˈkläk noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke clock, bell, from …
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-O — I. (ˌ)ō noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from oh (I) : one that is or that constitutes or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
O' — preposition also o ə Etymology: in sense 1 from Middle English o, o-, alteration of on; in sense 2 from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORNING — (a.) Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; …
Английский словарь Webster
MORNING — ( a. ) Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
O — /oh/ , interj., n., pl. O's . interj. 1. (used before a name in direct address, esp. in solemn or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORNING — /mawr"ning/ , n. 1. the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOCK — clock 1 /klok/ , n. 1. an instrument for measuring and recording time, esp. by mechanical means, usually with hands …
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CHICKEN — /chik"euhn/ , n. 1. a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of southeastern Asia and developed in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHICKEN — adj. made from chicken, containing chicken (of food); having the flavor of chicken (of food); fearful, lacking courage (Slang); unimportant, …
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O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOCK — I. ˈkläk noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock, from Old French or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
O' — also o ə, ō Etymology: Middle English o, o-, contraction of on & of Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MORNING — adj pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; …
Webster English vocab
CLOCK — noun the striking of a clock. 2. clock ·noun a watch, ·esp. one that strikes. 3. clock ·vt to ornament …
Webster English vocab
O — O 1 (also o ) ■ noun ( plural Os or O's ) 1》 the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CLOCK — [clock] n, often attrib [ME clok, fr. MD clocke bell, clock, fr. ONF or ML; ONF cloque bell, fr. ML …
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOCK — machine in which a device that performs regular movements in equal intervals of time is linked to a counting mechanism …
Britannica English vocabulary
O — I O, o BrE AmE əʊ AmE oʊ ▷ O's, o's, Os əʊz AmE oʊz —Communications code name: Oscar ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MORNING — morning BrE AmE ˈmɔːn ɪŋ AmE ˈmɔːrn ɪŋ ▷ morning|s z ▶ ˈ morning coat BrE AmE ▶ ˈ morning …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHICKEN — chicken BrE AmE ˈtʃɪk ɪn - ə n ▷ chicken|ed d ▷ chicken|ing ɪŋ ▷ chicken|s z ▶ ˈ chicken …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
O — / əʊ; NAmE oʊ/ noun , exclamation ■ noun (also o ) ( pl. Os , O's , o's / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORNING — / ˈmɔːnɪŋ; NAmE ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ noun 1. the early part of the day from the time when people wake up until …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCK — / klɒk; NAmE klɑːk/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] an instrument for measuring and showing time, …
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O — I. O 1 BrE AmE , o /əʊ $ oʊ/ noun ( plural O’s , o’s ) 1 . [uncountable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MORNING — I. morn ‧ ing 1 S1 W1 /ˈmɔːnɪŋ $ ˈmɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; …
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CLOCK — I. clock 1 S2 W3 /klɒk $ klɑːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; …
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MORNING — n. & int. --n. 1 the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise to noon (this morning; during the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOCK — n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHICKEN — n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. same or chickens) 1 a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MORNING — n. & int. n. 1 the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise to noon (this morning; during the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOCK — n. & v. n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHICKEN — n., adj., & v. n. (pl. same or chickens) 1 a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MORNING — n. & int. --n. 1. the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise to noon (this morning; during the …
Oxford English vocab
CLOCK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., …
Oxford English vocab
CHICKEN — n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. same or chickens) 1. a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a …
Oxford English vocab
O — 1. n. (also o) (pl. Os or O's) 1. the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. 2 (0) nought, zero (in …
Oxford English vocab
O’ — O’ is used in written English to represent the word ‘of’ pronounced in a particular way. I lost a lot …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORNING — ( mornings) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The morning is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCK — ( clocks, clocking, clocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A clock …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHICKEN — ( chickens, chickening, chickened) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Chickens are …
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O — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at three o'clock/seven thirty etc on the dot (= at exactly 3:00/7:30 etc ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MORNING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fine day/morning/evening a free day/morning/half-hour etc ▪ I haven’t got a free day this …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOCK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES alarm clock at three o'clock/seven thirty etc on the dot (= at exactly 3:00/7:30 …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHICKEN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES broiler chicken chicken feed ▪ The bank offered to lend us £1,000 but that’s …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
O' — preposition - used in writing to represent of when its f is not pronounceda bottle o' beera bag o' chipsO' …
Cambridge English vocab
CLOCK — (TIME) [noun] [C] - a device for measuring and showing time, which is usually found in or on a building …
Cambridge English vocab
O — (LETTER) (plural O's or Os), o (plural o's or os) [noun] [C] - the 15th letter of the English alphabetO …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOCK — See: AGAINST TIME or AGAINST THE CLOCK, AROUND THE CLOCK or THE CLOCK AROUND, PUT BACK THE CLOCK or TURN …
Slang English vocab
MORNING — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: DAWN 1, aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, daylight, light, morn, sunrise, sunup Contrasted Words: sundown, sunset …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MORNING — noun 1. Synonyms: dawn 1, aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, daylight, light, morn, sunrise, sunup Contrasted words: sundown, sunset 2. the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MORNING — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ this , tomorrow , yesterday ▪ following , next ▪ previous ▪ Friday , Saturday , etc. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLOCK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate ▪ 12-hour , 24-hour ▪ digital , electric ▪ atomic ▪ time ▪ bedside , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CHICKEN — noun 1 bird ADJECTIVE ▪ battery ( BrE ), broiler , corn-fed , free-range ▪ Free-range ~s have happy lives. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MORNING, — • ↑ morning, noon, and night
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