hourer

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noun

Something that lasts or takes a specified number of hours.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounhourer (plural hourers)

plural hourers

  1. in compoundsSomething that lasts or takes a specified number of hours.

    Go on, Marty – do us a four-hourer, no intervals!

    2024 March 5, Gwilym Mumford, “The Guide #137: A genre-by-genre rundown of the ideal film length”, in The Guardian
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    As I watched it, I kept hoping, wishing that it might be a special two-hourer, and while it was in fact 20 minutes longer than usual, it didn’t last long enough.

    2006 November 12, Alex Kotlowitz, “The Last Episode Is the Best Episode”, in Slate

    I'm right behind you Gerry - my preferred siesta would be more of a 45-minuter. Except on holidays when it would be more of a three-hourer. Sheds, of course, make great places in which to siesta.

    2007 November 7, anonymous author, Shedworking

    Wednesday’s Sing-Off was another two-hourer, which are tough and long to cover.

    2013 December 18, CMTomlin, “Singing Off: Movie Night, Dramatic Performances and Disappointing Exits”, in KSR

    There's only one thing that I love more than a five-hour game, and that's a four-hour game. I can clear a five-hourer in a week.

    2023 May 12, “One Five-Hour Game Please”, in Toomanywires

    The gym rat – this person was a one hourer and has graduated to being a two to six hourer depending on how often they go to the gym.

    2024 May 1, ZacharyFurr, “Gym types”, in The In Constant Chronicles

Origin

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APA

hourer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourer

MLA

“hourer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hourer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourer.

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