time of day
noun1
The time according to the 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."
- She would fold laundry at this time of day.
1 more example
- I love that time of day. The light is magical.
3
The greeting appropriate to the time of day.
- to give/bid someone the time of day
- that's how it was in that time of day [ = at that time, back in that day]
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:
- Synonyms
- time, clock time, o'clock, loosely specified period of time, hour
- Derived terms
- bid the time of day, fair time of day, give the time of day, good time of day, know the time of day, pass the time of day, time of day animation
- Related terms
- time of the month, know what's o'clock
- Coordinate terms
- time of night, time of year