rush hour en · NOUN
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(countable, idiomatic, uncountable) 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.
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 48:
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de Stoßzeit (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · uk годи́на пі́к (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ti መኪና ዝበዝሓሉ እዋን (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ko 러시아워 (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · sv rusningstrafik (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · it ora di punta (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · is háannatími (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · es hora pendularista (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · fy spitsoere (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · es hora punta (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · nl spits (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · pt hora do rush (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · be гадзі́на пі́к (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · es hora del taco (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · de Rushhour (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · es hora de apuros (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ca hora pic (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ja ラッシュアワー (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · he שְׁעַת שִׂיא (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · nn rushtid (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ru час пи́к (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · pl godziny szczytu (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · fr heure de pointe (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · fy spits (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · pt hora de ponta (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ja ラッシュ時 (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · hy պիկ ժամ (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · es hora pico (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · es hora "peak" (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · pt horário de pico (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ko 출퇴근 시간 (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · de Hauptverkehrszeit (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · cmn 繁忙時段 /繁忙时段 (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · hu csúcsforgalom (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ca hora punta (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · cmn 高峰時段 /高峰时段 (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · vi giờ cao điểm (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ti ግዜ ዋሕዚ (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · et tipptund (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · cs dopravní špička (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ja 通勤ラッシュ (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · cy awr frys (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ar سَاعَة اَلذُّرْوَة (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · fi ruuhka-aika (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · ro oră de vârf (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · sv rusningstid (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · nl spitsuur (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · da myldretid (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) · nb rushtid (times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting)