O-DARK-HUNDRED-HOURS

Meaning of O-DARK-HUNDRED-HOURS in English

Really early in military slang. Modeled after terms like 0700 hours. Example: Missed my flight and flew standby, to arrive at o-dark-hundred-hours.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

HUNDRED — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) {{link=Hundred Days">Hundred Days Hundred Years' War
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
HUNDRED — I. ˈhəndrə̇d, ÷ -ndə(r)d, rapid -nə(r)d, dial or substand -nə(r)t noun ( plural hundreds or hundred ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARK — I. ˈdärk, ˈdȧk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-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
HOURS — plural of hour
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUNDRED — (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
Английский словарь Webster
HUNDRED — (n.) A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Английский словарь Webster
HOURS — (n. pl.) Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Английский словарь Webster
DARK — (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some …
Английский словарь Webster
HOURS — ( n. pl. ) Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — ( a. ) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or …
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
HUNDRED — /hun"drid/ , n. , pl. hundreds , ( as after a numeral ) hundred , adj. n. 1. a cardinal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — /dahrk/ , adj., darker, darkest , n. , v. adj. 1. having very little or no light: a dark room. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
DARK — I. ˈdärk adjective Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German tarchannen to hide Date: …
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
HUNDRED — noun ( plural hundreds or hundred ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from hund hundred + -red (akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUNDRED — adj ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars. 2. hundred ·noun a division of a country in england, …
Webster English vocab
HOURS — noun ·pl goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Webster English vocab
DARK — vt to darken to obscure. 2. dark ·adj deprived of sight; blind. 3. dark ·noun the condition of ignorance; gloom; …
Webster English vocab
HOURS — ~ (in the Western (Latin) Church) a short service of psalms and prayers to be said at a particular time …
Concise Oxford English vocab
O — O 1 (also o ) ■ noun ( plural Os or O's ) 1》 the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HUNDRED — [hun.dred] n, pl hundreds or hundred [ME, fr. OE, fr. hund hundred + -red (akin to Goth rathjo account, number); …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DARK — [dark] adj [ME derk, fr. OE deorc; akin to OHG tarchannen to hide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: devoid or partially …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUNDRED — unit of English local government, intermediate between village and shire, which survived into the 19th century. Originally, the term probably …
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
HUNDRED — hundred BrE AmE ˈhʌndr əd -ɪd ˈhʌnd ə rd ▷ hundred|s z ▶ ˌ hundreds and ˈ thousands BrE AmE
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
HUNDRED — / ˈhʌndrəd; NAmE / number ( plural verb ) 1. 100 : One hundred (of the children) have already been …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — / dɑːk; NAmE dɑːrk/ adjective , noun ■ adjective ( dark·er , dark·est ) WITH LITTLE LIGHT 1. with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O — I. O 1 BrE AmE , o /əʊ $ oʊ/ noun ( plural O’s , o’s ) 1 . [uncountable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUNDRED — hun ‧ dred /ˈhʌndrəd, ˈhʌndrɪd/ BrE AmE number , noun ( plural hundred or hundreds ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DARK — I. dark 1 S2 W1 /dɑːk $ dɑːrk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative darker , superlative darkest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUNDRED — n. & adj. --n. (pl. hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. by a or one) 1 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HUNDRED — n. & adj. n. (pl. hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. by a or one) 1 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DARK — adj. & n. adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HUNDRED — n. & adj. --n. (pl. hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. by a or one) 1. the …
Oxford English vocab
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1. with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of 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
HUNDRED — ( hundreds) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The plural form is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — ( darker, darkest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
HUNDRED — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a round hundred/dozen etc (= a complete hundred etc ) good for some time/a hundred …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DARK — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dark cloud (= a black or grey cloud ) ▪ A dark cloud …
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
HUNDRED — [determiner], [noun], [pronoun] [plural] hundred or hundreds - (the number) 100ninety-eight, ninety-nine, a/one hundred, a hundred and oneWe've driven a/one …
Cambridge English vocab
DARK — [noun] [U]If you eat carrots does it really help you to see in the dark?I've always been afraid of the …
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
HUNDRED — n. Four Hundred Council of the Hundred Days Hundred Years' War
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DARK — Synonyms and related words : Egyptian darkness, Erebus, Gothicism, Stygian, ableptical, abominable, abstruse, adiaphanous, age of ignorance, amaurotic, amoral, amorphous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — n. Function: adjective 1 deficient in light FF1C; a dark room FF1E; Synonyms: caliginous, dim, dun, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HOURS — See ↑ TIME 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ for days/hours/miles etc on end • ↑ the early hours • ↑ till …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — See ↑ DARK 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shot in the dark • ↑ be in the dark • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — INDEX: 1. dark and with little or no light 2. to become dark 3. darkness RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ LIGHT …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — n. 25B6; adjective a dark night : BLACK, pitch-black, jet-black, inky; unlit, unilluminated; starless, moonless; dingy, gloomy, dusky, shadowy, shady; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — adj. 1 unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, ill-lighted, ill-lit, sunless; black, Stygian, pitch-dark, inky, jet-black We cowered in a recess in the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOURS — horus
Anagrams English vocabulary
HUNDRED — number Using numbers Day, month, minute, mile, kilo etc are always SINGULAR when used (with a number) immediately before a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DARK — adjective BAD : Soon it began to become dark and it was time to go home. GOOD : Soon it …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

Slang English vocab

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