Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday.
- noun The time or point in the sun's path at which the sun is on the local meridian.
- noun The highest point; the zenith.
- noun Archaic Midnight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rest at noon or during the warm part of the day.
- A Middle English form of
none . - noun The ninth hour of the day according to Roman and ecclesiastical reckoning, namely the ninth hour from sunrise, or the middle hour between midday and sunset—that is, about 3 p. m.; later, the ecclesiastical hour of nones, at any time from midday till the ninth hour.
- noun Midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
- noun The middle or culminating point of any course; the time of greatest brilliancy or power; the prime.
- noun plural The noonday meal. Compare
nones , 2. - Meridional.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete No. See the Note under No.
- adjective Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
- noun The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
- noun Hence, the highest point; culmination.
- noun the exact meridian; midday.
- noun [Poetic] midnight.
- intransitive verb To take rest and refreshment at noon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The
ninth hour of the day counted fromsunrise ; around three o'clock in the afternoon. - noun
Time ofday when thesun is in itszenith ; twelve o'clock in the day,midday . - noun obsolete The corresponding time in the middle of the night;
midnight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the middle of the day
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"_At Forty-three_" which he calls the noon hour of life -- "_man must live what he believes or he will eventually believe as he lives_."
Catholic Problems in Western Canada George Thomas Daly 1914
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The troop halted for what they called their noon meat at the abode of a hospitable Yorkshire knight; but King Henry, in order that the good gentleman's means should not be overtasked, had given directions that only the ladies and the princes should enter the house, while the rest of the suite should take their meal at the village inn.
The Caged Lion Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The claim that CS tear gas was injected in any quantity before noon is a lie.
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Because they worked mornin ', noon, an' night, all hands, women an 'kids.
CHAPTER I 2010
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I think the young kid who catches a 7-pound largemouth off the family dock at high noon is probably just lucky.
Lucky vs. Good 2009
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The best take on the shoot-out at high noon from a fun movie adapted from a great book
Lance Mannion: 2008
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The comment about duals at noon is what you like??
Obama Claims ‘Wild Bill’ Heritage in a Challenge to McCain - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The best take on the shoot-out at high noon from a fun movie adapted from a great book
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If the only way to get a shower before noon is to pop in Baby Einstein, then chat baby up the rest of the day to cover the lost vocabulary. -- m
Uh-oh Roger Sutton 2007
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Miller; “for we call noon the dinner-hour at Kennaquhair?”
The Monastery 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word noon
High Tech Noon:
February 23, 2008