Definition of a zero dark thirty

zero dark thirty    

noun

• a very late - or very early - time of the day. Some unspecified time between midnight and dawn.

  I had to leave home at zero dark thirty to get to Wausau in time for the meeting.

  • See more words with the same meaning: military (related to).

  Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Grinder from Green Bay, WI, USA on Mar 10 1999.

• half an hour past midnight. Expressed in military / 24-hour time as 0030.
  • See more words with the same meaning: military (related to).

  Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 26 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'dark':
dark	Definitions include: really good.
dark horse	Definitions include: usually "dark horse candidate."
dark-side	Definitions include: when people go to being nice to rude
in the dark	Definitions include: uninformed, ignorant.
o-dark-hundred hours	Definitions include: a very early time in the morning.
o-dark-thirty	Definitions include: very early in the day.
oh dark thirty	Definitions include: a very late - or very early - time of the day.
zero-dark-hundred hours	Definitions include: a very early time in the morning.
Other terms relating to 'thirty':
Beer-thirty	Definitions include: Time to head to the bar.
o-dark-thirty	Definitions include: very early in the day.
oh dark thirty	Definitions include: a very late - or very early - time of the day.
seven thirty	Definitions include: crazy, mad, insane.
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0 day	Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public.
5-0	Definitions include: the police.
5-0'd	Definitions include: in jail
get off zero	Definitions include: pulling oneself up.
zero	Definitions include: an unpopular person.
zero chill	Definitions include: no chill.
zero-dark-hundred hours	Definitions include: a very early time in the morning.
zero day	Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public.
zero hour	Definitions include: scheduled start time.
zero in on	Definitions include: to ignore distractions and focus intently on.

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