rush hour

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noun

a time of day in which large numbers of people are in transit, as going to or returning from work, and that is characterized by particularly heavy traffic.

Origin of rush hour

First recorded in 1895–1900

OTHER WORDS FROM rush hour

rush-hour, adjective

Words nearby rush hour

rus., ruse, rush, rush candle, rush family, rush hour, rush light, rushdie, rushdie, salman, rushee, rusher

Example sentences from the Web for rush hour

(Imagine the Flatiron building collapsing one sunny, rush-hour evening).

They All Fall Down: The Perils of Mumbai Housing |Dilip D’Souza |April 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The streets were filled with the rush-hour floods of people.

The Four Million |O. Henry
The trip into the city was slow; rush-hour traffic from the port was heavy.

Gold in the Sky |Alan Edward Nourse
At the street corner, as solid as granite in the "rush-hour" tide of humanity, stood the Man from Nome.

The Trimmed Lamp |O. Henry

She was battered by the noise and shuttling of the rush-hour traffic.

Main Street |Sinclair Lewis
In ten minutes you long for the comparative ease of the rush-hour at Brooklyn Bridge.

Painted Veils |James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for rush hour

rush hour

noun

a period at the beginning and end of the working day when large numbers of people are travelling to or from work

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