six o'clock

noun

The start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00).

“We've got some bogeys at six o'clock.”

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Meanings

nounsix o’clock
  1. In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clockThe start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00).

    The breakfast buffet opens at six o'clock (= "The breakfast buffet opens at 6:00 a.m.").

  2. Only in the 12-hour clockThe start of the nineteenth hour of the day; 6:00 p.m. (18:00).

    The next train comes at six o'clock (= "The next train comes at 18:00").

  3. informalA position behind (horizontal clock orientation) or below (vertical clock orientation) (from the location of the 6 mark on a clock face)

    Check your six.

    Watch your back.

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    We've got some bogeys at six o'clock.

    You've got a bogey on your six o'clock.

    I've got your six.

    I've got your back.

  4. balletA pose in which the lower leg and raised upper leg form a vertical line.
adjectivesix o'clock (not comparable)
  1. USnot comparableespecially black slangStraight up and down, without curves, like the hands of a clock.

    Rena Mae was still an attractive woman, but now she was considered a six o'clock woman instead of a woman with big hips, […]

    2011, Creasie M. Washington, The Crossing of Yamacraw, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 141
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    She had the straight, flat figure which Bianca would have described as "a six-o'clock girl, straight up and straight down", and I thought how clever it was of Mascarenhas to have picked her to be in attendance, […]

    1992, Edith Templeton, Murder in Estoril, Fourth Estate Classic House

    His shoulders were no wider than his hips; he had what is called a six o'clock figure, straight up and straight down, a skimped and scanty physique, as though the fairy of miserliness had presided over his conception.

    2004, Édith Templeton, Gordon: A Novel, Vintage, →ISBN, page 40

    Her body was void of pliable curves; instead, [she] was hard and angular, what dirty-minded high school boys once called “a six o'clock figure.” As for the rest of Tish, what should have been, just wasn't. Her hair (blonde? brown?) was frizzy, ...

    2016, Donald L. Kaufmann, O Brave New Eve: Genetic Fantasy, →ISBN

Translations

Arabic اَلسَّاعَة اَلسَّادِسَة
  • اَلسَّاعَة اَلسَّادِسَة (as-sāʕa s-sādisa)the start of the seventh hour
Catalan les sis
  • les sisthe start of the seventh hour
Chinese Mandarin 六點鐘 /六点钟, 六點 /六点
  • 六點鐘 /六点钟 (liù diǎn zhōng)the start of the seventh hour
  • 六點 /六点 (liù diǎn)the start of the seventh hour
Esperanto la sesa horo
  • la sesa horothe start of the seventh hour
Finnish kuusi, kello kuusi
  • kuusithe start of the seventh hour
  • kello kuusithe start of the seventh hour
French six heures
  • six heuresthe start of the seventh hour
German sechs Uhr
  • sechs Uhrthe start of the seventh hour
Icelandic klukkan sex
  • klukkan sexthe start of the seventh hour
Japanese 六時
  • 六時 (roku-ji)the start of the seventh hour
Korean 여섯시
  • 여섯시 (yeoseotsi)the start of the seventh hour
Latin hora sexta
  • hora sextathe start of the seventh hour
Polish szósta
  • szóstathe start of the seventh hour
Portuguese seis horas
  • seis horasthe start of the seventh hour
Spanish las seis
  • las seisthe start of the seventh hour
Swedish klockan sex
  • klockan sexthe start of the seventh hour
Tagalog alas-seis
  • alas-seisthe start of the seventh hour
Vietnamese sáu giờ
  • sáu giờthe start of the seventh hour
Cite this entry
APA

six o'clock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/six%20o'clock

MLA

“six o'clock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/six%20o'clock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “six o'clock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/six%20o'clock.

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