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rush hour

noun

  1. 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.


rush hour

noun

  1. a period at the beginning and end of the working day when large numbers of people are travelling to or from work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • rush-hour adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rush hour1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

He knows the times to avoid downtown so as not to be harassed by the notorious city council and all the panya-routes to avoid during rush hour.

From Quartz

Whatever we choose to blame, the thin cobbled streets had become as intense as the New York subway in rush hour.

Staggering start times is another key consideration, as employees have voiced concerns over commuting via rush hour on crowded public transport.

From Digiday

Have desk fans, let people keep a change of clothes at work, let them travel outside of rush hour, train the managers so that people know they can have a conversation about it.

From Digiday

“If you’re in the typical rush hour on I-270 and the free lanes aren’t moving very rapidly and you need to be somewhere, then you’ll be willing to pay the toll,” he said.

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

Our first step was ranking the metropolitan areas with the worst rush-hour congestion.

On his return, he found the trains running on the five-minute, rush-hour schedule.

Malone hadn't reckoned with New York's rush-hour traffic, and, after seeing it, he still didn't believe it.

Once underway, the caravan made reckless progress through rush-hour traffic.

In ten minutes you long for the comparative ease of the rush-hour at Brooklyn Bridge.

It takes big cars to climb those hills, let alone haul the trailers that are a feature of the Pittsburgh rush-hour traffic.

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