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top of the hour

top of the hour noun: the time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time.

Noun

top of the hour (plural tops of the hours or tops of the hour)

  1. (idiomatic) The time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time.
    • If not done at the top of the hour, however, the station ID should come at the next possible break in the programme.2005, Simran Kohli, The Radio Jockey Handbook, page 93

top of the hour meaning in Tamil

top of the hour in Tamil

நிமிடமுள் உச்சத்தைத் தொடும் நேரம், அடுத்த மணி

Antonyms of top of the hour

Forms of top of the hour

pluraltops of the hours
pluraltops of the hour

Questions about top of the hour

What does top of the hour mean?
Top of the hour means the time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time.
What is top of the hour in Tamil?
Top of the hour in Tamil is நிமிடமுள் உச்சத்தைத் தொடும் நேரம், அடுத்த மணி. See Top of the hour meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is top of the hour?
Top of the hour is a noun.
What is the plural of top of the hour?
The plural of top of the hour is tops of the hours.

Words near top of the hour in the dictionary

  1. top notes
  2. top of class
  3. top of mind
  4. top of mind awareness
  5. top of one's class
  6. top of the hour
  7. top of the line
  8. top of the morning
  9. top of the shop
  10. top off
  11. top one's boom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: top of the hour (page history and authors); top of the hour (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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