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rush hour


rush hour

noun

Definition of RUSH HOUR

: a period of the day when the demands especially of traffic or business are at a peak
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Examples of RUSH HOUR

  1. We got caught in the morning rush hour.

First Known Use of RUSH HOUR

1890

Rhymes with RUSH HOUR

bell tower, black power, disk flower, fire tower, great power, Great Stour, half hour, H hour, ray flower, sea power, state flower, war power, world power

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