times of day

Noun

time of day (plural times of day)

1. The time according to the clock.

   Synonyms:

   time, clock time, o'clock

2. A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time.
   • "At what time of day and year are the winds strongest?" / "Winter mornings, I think, or maybe at day’s end."

   Synonyms:

   time, hour

3. The greeting appropriate to the time of day.
   • to give/bid someone the time of day
4. (dated, dialectal, informal) era: time; day.
   • that's how it was in that time of day [ = at that time, back in that day]

   Synonyms:

   loosely specified period of time

5. (archaic) The right thing; the ticket; that which is needed.
   • ‘Never mind me, Sir,’ replied Sam. ‘Lend him a hand, Mr. Winkle, sir. Steady, sir, steady! That’s the time o’ day!’1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC