oh dark thirty

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Definition of oh dark thirty in English English dictionary

Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)

I had to get up at oh dark thirty to catch a plane.

Alternative spelling of oh dark thirty

Hyphenation

oh dark thir·ty

Turkish pronunciation

ō därk thırdi

Pronunciation

/ˈō ˈdärk ˈᴛʜərdē/ /ˈoʊ ˈdɑːrk ˈθɜrdiː/

Etymology

() From military time, in which hours before 10:00 am are prefixed with a zero, read as "oh", as in oh five-thirty for 5:30 am.