crack of dawn
crack of dawn noun: the first moment of daylight; the instant at which sunrise begins.
Noun
crack of dawn (plural cracks of dawn)
- The first moment of daylight; the instant at which sunrise begins.
- "This is high-speed travel, Muriel. Not fun. I'm waking up at crack of dawn."1985, Anne Tyler, chapter 20, in The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- ass crack of dawn, butt crack of dawn, peep of day, break of dawn, daybreak, sparrow-fart, break, break of day, cockcrow, dawn
crack of dawn meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi
crack of dawn in Hindi
- crack of dawn, daybreak, morning
- तड़का taṛkā
crack of dawn in Urdu
- crack of dawn
- تڑکا taṛkā
crack of dawn in Punjabi
- crack of dawn, early morning
- ਤੜਕਾ taṛkā
Synonyms of crack of dawn
Forms of crack of dawn
| plural | cracks of dawn |
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Words formed from crack of dawn
Questions about crack of dawn
- What does crack of dawn mean?
- Crack of dawn means the first moment of daylight; the instant at which sunrise begins.
- What is crack of dawn in Hindi?
- Crack of dawn in Hindi is तड़का (taṛkā). See Crack of dawn meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crack of dawn?
- Crack of dawn is a noun.
- What is the plural of crack of dawn?
- The plural of crack of dawn is cracks of dawn.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: crack of dawn (page history and authors); तड़का (Hindi) (page history and authors); تڑکا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ਤੜਕਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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