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six o'clock

six o'clock noun: the start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00).

Noun

six o’clock

  1. (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. (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)
    • We've got some bogeys at six o'clock.
    • You've got a bogey on your six o'clock.
  4. (ballet) A pose in which the lower leg and raised upper leg form a vertical line.

Adjective

six o'clock (not comparable)

  1. (US, 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

six o'clock meaning in Tagalog, Arabic and Vietnamese

six o'clock in Tagalog

the start of the seventh hour
alas-seis

six o'clock in Arabic

the start of the seventh hour
اَلسَّاعَة اَلسَّادِسَة as-sāʕa s-sādisa

six o'clock in Vietnamese

the start of the seventh hour
sáu giờ

Questions about six o'clock

What does six o'clock mean?
Six o'clock means the start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00).
What is six o'clock in Tagalog?
Six o'clock in Tagalog is alas-seis. See Six o'clock meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is six o'clock?
Six o'clock can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near six o'clock in the dictionary

  1. Six Mile
  2. Six Mile Bottom
  3. Six Mile Swamp
  4. Six Nations
  5. Six Nations of the Grand River
  6. six o'clock
  7. six o'clock swill
  8. six of one, half a dozen of the other
  9. six of the best
  10. six pack
  11. six packs

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