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rush-hour

rush-hour adjective: of or pertaining to the rush hour.

Adjective

rush-hour (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the rush hour.
    • The rush-hour trains are normally extremely busy.
    • An extra rush-hour train has eased overcrowding of the former 5.39 p.m. to Salisbury; this now leaves at 5.43 and an additional electric service to Alton departs at 5.39 p.m.1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 593–594

Questions about rush-hour

What does rush-hour mean?
Rush-hour means of or pertaining to the rush hour.
What part of speech is rush-hour?
Rush-hour is an adjective.

Words near rush-hour in the dictionary

  1. rush to judgment
  2. rush toad
  3. rush toads
  4. rush'd
  5. rush-bearing
  6. rush-hour
  7. rush-job
  8. rush-jobs
  9. rushaholic
  10. rushaholics
  11. Rushall

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