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rush hour

–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: 1895–1900

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—Related forms

rush-hour, adjective

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rush hour
n. A period of heavy traffic.

rush'-hour' (rŭsh'our') adj.

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rush hour
noun
the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work

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rush hour

a period when there is a lot of traffic on the roads, usually when people are going to or leaving work

Arabic:	ساعَة الإزْدِحام
Chinese (Simplified):	交通高峰期
Chinese (Traditional):	交通高峰期
Czech:	dopravní špička
Danish:	myldretid
Dutch:	spitsuur
Estonian:	tipptund
Finnish:	ruuhka-aika
French:	heure de pointe
German:	die Hauptverkehrszeit
Greek:	ώρα αιχμής
Hungarian:	csúcsforgalom
Icelandic:	aðalumferðartími
Indonesian:	jam sibuk
Italian:	ora di punta*

Japanese:	ラッシュアワー
Latvian:	maksimumstunda
Lithuanian:	piko metas
Norwegian:	rushtid
Polish:	godzina szczytu
Portuguese (Brazil):	hora de rush
Portuguese (Portugal):	hora de ponta
Romanian:	oră de vârf
Russian:	час(ы) пик
Slovak:	dopravná špička
Slovenian:	prometna konica
Spanish:	hora punta
Swedish:	rusningstid
Turkish:	kalabalık saat