Meanings
nounhappy hour (countable and uncountable, plural happy hours)
plural happy hours
- countableuncountableA time of day, usually in the afternoon or early evening, when a bar or pub offers its drinks at a discounted price.
Yes, happy hour. A great American invention for spending quality time with spouse, soused.
1988, Heywood Gould, Cocktail (motion picture), spoken by Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) - countableuncountableAny small gathering, usually in the afternoon or early evening, set aside to relax and have a drink.
- Cockneycountablein pluralslanguncountableFlowers.
Origin
US origin, 1950s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سَاعَة سَعِيدَة
- سَاعَة سَعِيدَةpub discount drinking hours
Chinese 歡樂時光 /欢乐时光, 歡樂時間 /欢乐时间
- 歡樂時光 /欢乐时光 (huānlè shíguāng)pub discount drinking hours
- 歡樂時間 /欢乐时间 (huānlè shíjiān)pub discount drinking hours
Estonian õnnetund
- õnnetundpub discount drinking hours
Finnish happy hour
- happy hourpub discount drinking hours
French 5 à 7
- 5 à 7pub discount drinking hours
German Happy Hour
- Happy Hourpub discount drinking hours
Icelandic gleðistund
- gleðistundpub discount drinking hours
Italian happy hour
- happy hourpub discount drinking hours
Polish happy hour
- happy hourpub discount drinking hours
Portuguese happy hour
- happy hourpub discount drinking hours
Russian счастли́вый час
- счастли́вый час (sčastlívyj čas)pub discount drinking hours
Spanish hora feliz
- hora felizpub discount drinking hours
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APA
happy hour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/happy%20hour
MLA
“happy hour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/happy%20hour. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “happy hour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/happy%20hour.
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