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wee hours

wee hours noun: the very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.

Noun

wee hours pl (normally plural, singular wee hour)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-normally) The very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.
    • When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee.2011 March 15, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic)

wee hours meaning in Urdu, Tagalog and Vietnamese

wee hours in Tagalog

very early morning
des-oras

wee hours in Vietnamese

very early morning
sáng sớm, đêm

Synonyms of wee hours

Forms of wee hours

singularwee hour

Questions about wee hours

What does wee hours mean?
Wee hours means the very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.
What is wee hours in Urdu?
Wee hours in Urdu is تڑکے. See Wee hours meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is wee hours?
Wee hours is a noun.

Words near wee hours in the dictionary

  1. Wee Free
  2. Wee Frees
  3. wee heavies
  4. wee heavy
  5. wee hour
  6. wee hours
  7. Wee Jasper
  8. wee juggler
  9. wee jugglers
  10. wee small hour
  11. wee small hours

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