wee
go wee-wee
To urinate. This phrase is typically used with children. Sweetheart, do you have to go pee-pee before we leave the house?
See also: go
since Adam was a wee lad
For a very long time. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. What does Grandma mean when she says she's been teaching third grade since Adam was a wee lad?
See also: Adam, lad, since, wee
the wee hours (of the night/morning)
The very early hours after midnight. I was studying for the exam until the wee hours of the morning, and now I can barely keep my eyes open! We all danced until the wee hours of the night. I love the wee hours, when few are awake and one can be alone with one's thoughts.
See also: hour, night, wee
the wee small hours (of the night/morning)
The very early hours after midnight. I was studying for the exam until the wee small hours of the morning, and now I can barely keep my eyes open! We all danced until the wee small hours of the night. I love the wee small hours, when few are awake and one can be alone with one's thoughts.
See also: hour, night, small, wee
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
the small hours (of the night)
and the wee hours (of the night)the hours immediately after midnight. The dance went on into the small hours of the night. Jim goes to bed in the wee hours and gets up at lunchtime.
See also: hour, small
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
small hours
Also, wee hours. The hours following midnight, as in I stayed up working through the small hours, or The parents didn't come home until the wee hours. The adjectives small and wee both refer to the low numbers of those hours (one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.). [c. 1830]
See also: hour, small
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
the small hours
orthe wee hours
COMMON The small hours or the wee hours is the time from one o'clock in the morning until about five or six o'clock in the morning. They were arrested in the small hours of Saturday morning. That first night back, Jennifer and I sat up in bed talking into the wee hours.
See also: hour, small
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
the (wee) small hours
the early hours of the morning immediately after midnight.See also: hour, small
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
wee hours
The early hours of the morning right after midnight: "post-disco electronic rhythms that propel clubgoers into the wee hours" (Jon Pareles).
See also: hour, wee
go wee-wee
To urinate.
See also: go
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- go pee-pee
- go wee-wee
- pee
- pee (one's) pants
- hold in
- shy bladder
- Cheerio
- pee in (someone's) Cheerios
- pee in (someone's) Corn Flakes
- cornflakes