rush hour

English

Noun

rush hour (plural rush hours)

1. (idiomatic) The 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.

Translations

Times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting

• Dutch: spits (nl), spitsuur (nl)
• German: Stoßzeit (de) f, Hauptverkehrszeit (de) f, Rushhour (de) f
• Polish: godziny szczytu (pl) pl
• Russian: час пик (ru) (čas pik) m (čas pik)

• Spanish: hora del taco (es) f (Chile), hora "peak" (es) f (Chile), hora pico (es) f (Latin America), hora punta (es) f (Spain), hora de apuros (es) f, hora pendularista (es) f
• Swedish: rusningstid (sv) c

See also

• rush-hour