six o'clock
News broadcast time
Six o'clock is the time when the hour hand points to six—either early morning or early evening.
The phrase serves as a directional reference meaning directly below or behind: Check your six o'clock warns of something approaching from behind, from the clock-face orientation where twelve is straight ahead.
Primary evening meal
- supperEvening repast
- newsReports of recent events
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
commute · homecoming · cocktail hour · happy hour · prime time · sundown · quitting time · end of day
Morning light's arrival
- dawnDay's first glow
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- wake upBecome conscious again
- early birdOne who arrives first
breakfast · coffee · commute · rooster · cockcrow · first light · daybreak · gym
Stubby timepiece indicator
- analogComparable equivalent
- digitalOf discrete data
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
timepiece · watch · hands · dial · pendulum · tick · tock · on the dot
Point of termination
- dueOwed or expected
- submissionYielding to another's will
- closingFinal stage of something
- finalLast and decisive
urgent · last minute · countdown · time limit · crunch time · close of business · filing · punctual
dinner
Primary evening meal
rush hour · commute · homecoming · cocktail hour · happy hour · prime time · sundown · quitting time · end of day · evening news
sunrise
Morning light's arrival
early bird · breakfast · coffee · commute · rooster · cockcrow · first light · daybreak · gym · jogging
hour hand
Stubby timepiece indicator
strike · timepiece · watch · hands · dial · pendulum · tick · tock · on the dot · sharp
cutoff
Point of termination
- dueOwed or expected
- submissionYielding to another's will
- closingFinal stage of something
final · urgent · last minute · countdown · time limit · crunch time · close of business · filing · punctual · tardy
stubble
Short regrown facial hair
- beardFacial hair growth
- facial hairBeard, mustache, stubble
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- hoursnoon, midnight, half hour, quarter hour, half past
- clock positionsnoon, midnight, high noon
- Timesmorning, afternoon, evening, night, noon
- dinnertimedinner, suppertime, evening meal, dinnertime, table
- Dogfightingdogfight, barrel roll, wingman, bandit, tally
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky