Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

0-dark-hundred

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: 0--dark--hun-dred
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An otherwise unspecified time of night; some time when it is dark out.

American usage; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Which is precisely why I'd volunteered as point man on this little jaunt, prowling and growling up the unlit stairwell of a Cairo slum at 0-dark-hundred to catch my quarry napping on his bedroll."
"It's late, and we have to get up at 0-dark-hundred to got to Paris in the AM."

Usage

Phrases

0-dark-thirty dark thirty oh dark hundred oh dark thirty zero dark thirty beer o'clock

Frequently Paired Words

0-dark-thirty dark thirty oh dark hundred oh dark thirty zero dark thirty beer o'clock

Synonyms

stupid o'clock wee small hours

Questions

What does 0-dark-hundred mean?: An otherwise unspecified time of night; some time when it is dark out.

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