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six o'clock en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (US, not-comparable, of a woman, qualifier:especially black slang) Straight up and down, without curves, like the hands of a clock.
   • She had the straight, flat figure which Bianca would have described as "a six-o'clock girl, straight up and straight down", and I thought how clever it was of Mascarenhas to have picked her to be in attendance, […] 1992, Edith Templeton, Murder in Estoril, Fourth Estate Classic House:
   • His shoulders were no wider than his hips; he had what is called a six o'clock figure, straight up and straight down, a skimped and scanty physique, as though the fairy of miserliness had presided over his conception. 2004, Édith Templeton, Gordon: A Novel, Vintage, →ISBN, page 40:
   • Rena Mae was still an attractive woman, but now she was considered a six o'clock woman instead of a woman with big hips, […] 2011, Creasie M. Washington, The Crossing of Yamacraw, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 141:
   • Her body was void of pliable curves; instead, [she] was hard and angular, what dirty-minded high school boys once called “a six o'clock figure.” As for the rest of Tish, what should have been, just wasn't. Her hair (blonde? brown?) was frizzy, ... 2016, Donald L. Kaufmann, O Brave New Eve: Genetic Fantasy, →ISBN:

six o'clock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (qualifier:In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00).
   • The breakfast buffet opens at six o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 6:00 a.m.").
2. (qualifier:Only in the 12-hour clock) The start of the nineteenth hour of the day; 6:00 p.m. (18:00).
   • The next train comes at six o'clock (= "The next train comes at 18:00").
3. (informal) A position behind (horizontal clock orientation) or below (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 6 mark on a clock face)
   • I've got your six.
   • You've got a bogey on your six o'clock.
   • We've got some bogeys at six o'clock.
   • Check your six.
4. (qualifier:ballet) A pose in which the lower leg and raised upper leg form a vertical line.

Forms

Translations (23)

cmn 六點鐘 /六点钟 (the start of the seventh hour) · is klukkan sex (the start of the seventh hour) · sv klockan sex (the start of the seventh hour) · pl szósta (the start of the seventh hour) · de sechs Uhr (the start of the seventh hour) · fi kuusi (the start of the seventh hour) · es las seis (the start of the seventh hour) · tl alas-seis (the start of the seventh hour) · ko 여섯시 (the start of the seventh hour) · mk шест часот (the start of the seventh hour) · fr six heures (the start of the seventh hour) · la hora sexta (the start of the seventh hour) · pt seis horas (the start of the seventh hour) · ja 六時 (the start of the seventh hour) · vi sáu giờ (the start of the seventh hour) · eo la sesa horo (the start of the seventh hour) · ca les sis (the start of the seventh hour) · ee ga ade (the start of the seventh hour) · ar اَلسَّاعَة اَلسَّادِسَة (the start of the seventh hour) · oj ingodwaaso-diba'igane (the start of the seventh hour) · cmn 六點 /六点 (the start of the seventh hour) · nv hastą́ądi azlį́į́ʼ (the start of the seventh hour) · fi kello kuusi (the start of the seventh hour)