Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"early evening period of discount drinks and free hors-d'oeuvres at a bar," first recorded 1961.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A time of day, usually in the afternoon or early evening, when a bar or pub offers its drinks at a discounted price. 2 Any small gathering, usually in the afternoon or early evening, set aside to relax and have a drink.
WordNet
n. the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price
Wikipedia
Happy hour is a marketing term for a period of time in which a venue (such as a restaurant, bar, bowling alley, stadium, or state or county fair) offers discounts on alcoholic drinks, such as beer, wine, and cocktails. Free Hors d'oeuvres, appetizers and discounted menu items are often served during Happy hour.
Happy hour is the practice of offering reduced prices (usually alcoholic beverages) for a specified period of time.
Happy Hour is an album by Ted Hawkins. It was released in 1985.
Happy Hour is a sitcom that debuted on Fox in the United States and on CTV in Canada on September 7, 2006. The show starred John Sloan as Henry Beckman, a young man rebuilding his life after losing his girlfriend, his job, and his apartment. The series was produced by married duo Jackie and Jeff Filgo of That '70s Show.
Fox put the show on hiatus in September 2006, and officially canceled it the following May. Thirteen episodes of Happy Hour were made, of which four have aired and nine remain unaired.
Happy Hour is a 1998 album by the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife. The cover artwork is by Yoshitomo Nara. It is the last album by the group with their original bass guitarist, Michie Nakatani.
Happy Hour (1988) is an album released by the British jazz fusion duo Morrissey–Mullen. It was to be their last studio album and was followed by a compilation album released after Dick Morrissey's death, Everything Must Change: The Definitive Collection.
Happy Hour is an album by Australian musician Tommy Emmanuel and Jim Nichols. It was originally titled Chet Lag and contains two additional tunes.
Happy Hour, new wave band Humans' debut full-length album, was released in 1981 on I.R.S. Records, and recorded at the famed Automatt studio in San Francisco. The songs "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark"/"Get You Tonight" and "Lightning" were released as a radio station promo single. Lead singer Sterling Storm directed a longform music video based on this album. The videotape, entitled Happy Hour with the Humans, was distributed by Mike Nesmith's pioneering company, Pacific Arts Video.
Happy Hour is a comedy album by The Bob & Tom Show, which was first released in November 2005. It is a double disc CD which represents original material recorded during their syndicated, daily radio show and other studio numbers which had not been previously presented on air.
Happy Hour is the fourth studio album by American musician Uncle Kracker. It was released on September 15, 2009 under Atlantic Records. The album includes the single " Smile", which was originally released to pop, but later remixed to country music. Also released to the country format was the Kid Rock duet " Good to Be Me". Rob Cavallo produced the album, except for "Good to Be Me", which was produced by Kid Rock, and "Hot Mess", which was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo.
Happy Hour is a studio album by the American punk rock band Youth Brigade, released in 1994. This was the band's first full-length studio album since their second album Sound & Fury, released eleven years earlier. However, in these eleven years they had released two EPs, as well as one album under the name The Brigade, when bassist/vocalist Adam Stern was on hiatus from the band for six years, from 1985 to 1991.
Happy Hour is an upcoming Indian Hindi comedy television series, which is scheduled to premiere sometime in August 2016 and will be broadcast on &TV. The series will be aired on weekdays nights. The series is produced by Essel Vision Productions of Subhash Chandra.
"Happy Hour" is a 1986 single by British Indie rock band The Housemartins. It was the third single from the album London 0 Hull 4 and reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. It was written on Wednesday 22 January 1986 - the same day Me and the Farmer was penned.
The band's first big hit, it stayed on the singles chart for 13 weeks, peaking in the week of 28 June 1986. The song also enjoyed exposure on United States college radio.
Rolling Stone noted that despite "irrepressibly giddy music hooks", the song's "sobering" lyrics "hammer away at the hypocrisy and sexism of young British business types on the move."
On their 1992 album, Gordon, the Barenaked Ladies paid tribute to this song by breaking into it at the end of the song "Hello City".
Comedian Phill Jupitus makes an appearance in the music video, reading a newspaper.
It is used as an end credits song for the 2013 film The World's End starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
"Happy Hour" is the 21st episode of the sixth season of the U.S. comedy series The Office and the show's 121st episode overall. It originally aired March 25, 2010 on NBC.
The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In the episode, Oscar arranges a happy hour with the warehouse staff so he can flirt with Matt. Pam is excited to see the staff and brings a date for Michael, but Michael turns into an alter ego named "Date Mike" who catches the eye of the bar manager. Meanwhile, Andy and Erin have begun a relationship but are keeping it a secret to avoid drama. Dwight rethinks his pre-natal contract with Angela after he sees Isabel again.
It was written by B. J. Novak and directed by Matt Sohn. "Happy Hour" got positive reviews and according to Nielsen ratings the episode was viewed by 7.28 million viewers coming third in its timeslot and falling 3% from last week and becoming the lowest rated episode of the season.