rush hour

1. 1.

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

   Broaderhour

Questions about rush hour

What does rush hour mean?

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

Is rush hour a common word?

rush hour is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.