witching hour (of night)

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• witching hour — ► NOUN ▪ midnight, regarded as the time when witches are supposedly active. ORIGIN with allusion to the witching time of night from Shakespeare s Hamlet (III. ii. 377) …   English terms dictionary

• witching hour — witch ing hour, n. The middle of the night, especially midnight. [colloq.] [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Witching hour — In European folklore, the witching hour is the time when supernatural creatures such as witches, demons and ghosts are thought to be at their most powerful, and black magic at its most effective. This hour is typically midnight, and the term may… …   Wikipedia

• witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour. [1825 35] * * * witching hour noun The hour when witches are supposed to stir into activity, midnight (see also double witching (↑hour) under ↑double, triple witching (↑hour) under ↑triple) • • • Main… …   Useful english dictionary

• witching hour — noun midnight, regarded as the time when witches are supposedly active. Origin with allusion to the witching time of night from Shakespeare s Hamlet (III. ii. 377) …   English new terms dictionary

• witching hour, the — witch|ing hour, the [ wıtʃıŋ ,aur ] noun the time in the middle of the night when magic things are said to happen …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• witching hour — noun (singular) literary the time, especially in the middle of the night, when strange or magic things are believed to happen …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• the witching hour — midnight (with reference to the belief that witches are active and magic takes place at that time) Origin: with allusion to the witching time of night from Shakespeare s Hamlet (iii. ii. 377) * * * the witching hour 1 : the time late at night… …   Useful english dictionary

• (the) witching hour — the witching hour UK [ˈwɪtʃɪŋ ˌaʊə(r)] US [ˈwɪtʃɪŋ ˌaʊr] noun the time in the middle of the night when magic things are said to happen Thesaurus: times in the evening or nighthyponym magic or supernaturalhyponym happening at night and related to… …   Useful english dictionary

• (the) witching hour — twelve o clock at night. It s time I was in bed it s already past the witching hour …   New idioms dictionary

• night — [n] part of day after sundown and before sunrise after dark, after hours*, bedtime, before dawn, black*, blackness, dark, dark hours, darkness, dead of night*, dim, duskiness, dusk to dawn, evening, eventide, gloom, midnight, nightfall, nighttide …   New thesaurus