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wee hours en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-normally) The very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.
    • When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee. 2011 March 15, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):

Forms

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wee hour Number=Sing lexicographic

Synonyms

small hours (very early morning) · wee small hours · postmidnight

Translations (17)

sv småtimmarna (very early morning) · wa meyzeure (very early morning) · es altas horas (very early morning) · pl nieludzka pora (very early morning) · he הַשָּׁעוֹת הַקְּטַנּוֹת (very early morning) · ang hancrēd (very early morning) · fr petites heures (very early morning) · es las tantas (very early morning) · fi pikkutunnit (very early morning) · wa meynute meyzeure (very early morning) · es madrugada (very early morning) · pl pogańska godzina (very early morning) · vi đêm (very early morning) · tl des-oras (very early morning) · de früger Morgen (very early morning) · vi sáng sớm (very early morning) · pt madrugada (very early morning)