rush-hour

See also: rush hour

English

Adjective

rush-hour (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the rush hour.

   The rush-hour trains are normally extremely busy.

   • 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 593–594:

     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.

See also

• rush hour