after hours

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phrase

: after the regular quitting or closing time

after-hours

2 of 2

adjective

af·​ter-hours ˌaf-tər-ˈau̇(-ə)rz 

: engaged in or operating after a legal or conventional closing time

after-hours drinking

an after-hours club

Examples of after hours in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

After falling some 10% in a broad sell-off of chip manufacturers on Tuesday, the announcement bounced the stock almost 14% in after-hours trading Wednesday. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2026

The firm’s stock price shot up in after-hours trading, but not enough to erase recent losses in a global tech rout driven by investors’ AI jitters. — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 24 June 2026

Since the board’s last meeting, police have responded to a mass shooting that wounded nine people at an after-hours club on Troost Avenue, a shooting near the 18th and Vine Jazz District that left one person dead and five others injured. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026

So why all the after-hours selling? — Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Phrase

1781, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for after hours

• devours
• empowers
• sunflowers
• bowers
• flours
• flowers
• gowers
• ours
• scours
• showers
• sours
• towers