Meanings
nounrush hour (countable and uncountable, plural rush hours)
plural rush hours
- countableidiomaticuncountableThe times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commuting to or from work.
It takes 30 minutes to drive there, but maybe 2 hours during the rush hour.
1 more example
Operation London Bridge, also from 1975, tells the story of the busy station's redevelopment. Cutting neatly from the barrow boys of Borough Market to an aerial view of Borough Market Junction, the film uses time lapse photography to show the congestion rife in the area during the morning rush hour.
2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 48Synonyms: peak hour
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commuting to or from work.
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Translations
Arabic سَاعَة اَلذُّرْوَة
- سَاعَة اَلذُّرْوَة (sāʕat aḏ-ḏurwa)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Catalan hora punta, hora pic
- hora puntatimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- hora pictimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Chinese Mandarin 高峰時段 /高峰时段, 繁忙時段 /繁忙时段
- 高峰時段 /高峰时段 (gāofēng shíduàn)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- 繁忙時段 /繁忙时段 (fánmáng shíduàn)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Czech dopravní špička
- dopravní špičkatimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Danish myldretid
- myldretidtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Dutch spits, spitsuur
- spitstimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- spitsuurtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Estonian tipptund
- tipptundtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Finnish ruuhka-aika
- ruuhka-aikatimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
French heure de pointe
- heure de pointetimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
German Stoßzeit, Hauptverkehrszeit
- Stoßzeittimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- Hauptverkehrszeittimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- Rushhourtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Hebrew שְׁעַת שִׂיא
- שְׁעַת שִׂיא (she'át sí)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Hungarian csúcsforgalom
- csúcsforgalomtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Icelandic háannatími
- háannatímitimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Italian ora di punta
- ora di puntatimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Japanese ラッシュ時, ラッシュアワー
- ラッシュ時 (rasshu-ji)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- ラッシュアワー (rasshu awā)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- 通勤ラッシュ (tsūkin rasshu)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Korean 러시아워, 출퇴근 시간
- 러시아워 (reosiawo)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- 출퇴근 시간 (chultoegeun sigan)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Norwegian Bokmål rushtid
- rushtidtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Polish godziny szczytu
- godziny szczytutimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Portuguese horário de pico, hora do rush
- horário de picotimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- hora do rushtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- hora de pontatimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Romanian oră de vârf
- oră de vârftimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Russian час пи́к
- час пи́к (čas pík)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Spanish hora del taco, hora "peak"
- hora del tacotimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- hora "peak"times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- hora picotimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- hora puntatimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- hora de apurostimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- hora pendularistatimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Swedish rusningstid, rusningstrafik
- rusningstidtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
- rusningstrafiktimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Ukrainian годи́на пі́к
- годи́на пі́к (hodýna pík)times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Vietnamese giờ cao điểm
- giờ cao điểmtimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
Welsh awr frys
- awr frystimes of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting
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“rush hour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rush%20hour. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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