What is "rush hour"

n. (context idiomatic English) The times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commute to or from work.

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

A rush hour ( American English, British English) or peak hour ( British English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice every weekday—once in the morning and once in the afternoon-evening, the times during when the most people commute. The term is often used for a period of peak congestion that may last for more than one hour.

The term is very broad, but often refers specifically to private automobile transportation traffic, even when there is a large volume of cars on a road but not a large number of people, or if the volume is normal but there is some disruption of speed. By analogy to vehicular traffic, the term Internet rush hour has been used to describe periods of peak data network usage, resulting in delays and slower delivery of data packets.

Rush hour is the two parts of the day with busy traffic caused by commuting

Rush hour may also refer to:

Rush Hour is a 1998 Chinese-American buddy action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. It stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as mismatched cops who must rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter. Released on September 18, 1998, the film grossed over $200 million worldwide. The film's success spawned two sequels, Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).

Rush Hour is a sliding block puzzle invented by Nob Yoshigahara in the 1970s. It was first sold in the United States in 1996. It is now being manufactured by ThinkFun (formerly Binary Arts).

ThinkFun now sells Rush Hour spin-offs Rush Hour Jr., Safari Rush Hour, Railroad Rush Hour, and Rush Hour Brain Fitness, with puzzles by Scott Kim. An iOS version of the game has been released in 2010 with both free and paid versions (the latter with more puzzles and features).

Rush Hour is an album of club dance music for the purpose of playing while driving. It was released in the summer of 2004. It is a double CD claiming "exhilarating club anthems for the drive of your life". There are 42 tracks, by artists including Basement Jaxx, X-Press 2, William Orbit and Fatboy Slim. The same company has released Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3 with similar styles of music on each.

Rush Hour is a sketch show made by Zeppotron and shown on BBC Three during March and April 2007. The show featured several sketches centred on characters travelling to work, school or otherwise, therefore many of the sketches took place inside a car or bus. Several cult and up and coming comedians and comic actors star in the show, each performing several of the characters. The cast includes Adam Buxton, Sanjeev Kohli, Miranda Hart, Frankie Boyle, David Armand, Marek Larwood, Kerry Godliman, Bruce Mackinnon, Naomi Bentley, Lorna Watson, and Katy Wix.

BBC Three didn't recommission the show for a second series due to bad reviews.

Rush Hour is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano featuring an orchestra arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller recorded in 1994 and released on the Blue Note label.

"Rush Hour" is an instrumental composition by American DJ Christopher Lawrence. It was released as a 12-inch single in 2000, featuring the song "Ride the Light" as a B-side. A shorter version of "Rush Hour" later appeared on Lawrence's debut studio album, All or Nothing, which was released in 2004. The track peaked at number 118 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also featured on the soundtrack for the video game Need for Speed: Underground 2.

"Rush Hour" is a pop song by Go Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin, taken from her second album Fur. It was backed by a fellow album track, the percussive, melancholy "End of Love". The 12-inch single featured an extended remix by Rusty Garner and an instrumental version.

"Rush Hour" was Wiedlin's most successful single, reaching No. 9 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart. The song is upbeat and features a mainly programmed backing, with an electric guitar solo. Its central hook is "Ooh you send me".

The music video which accompanied the single eschewed the traffic metaphor of the song for a lighter concept; a simple "performance" clip interspersed with footage of Wiedlin swimming with dolphins. The song was featured in the 1988 comedy film License to Drive.

Def Jam's Rush Hour Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1998 comedy film Rush Hour. It was released on September 15, 1998 through Def Jam and consisted of hip hop and R&B music. The soundtrack was a huge success, peaking at 5 on the Billboard 200 and 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned the #1 single "How Deep Is Your Love". The soundtrack was certified gold on October 15, 1998 and platinum on January 21, 1999. The tracks " Fantasy" by Mariah Carey and " Another Part of Me" by Michael Jackson are not on the soundtrack, despite being heard in the film.

The Rush Hour franchise is a series of three Chinese-American martial arts/ action- comedy buddy cop films created by Ross LaManna, directed by Brett Ratner, and distributed by New Line Cinema. All three films centers on a pair of police detectives: a Hong Kong Police Force inspector and an American LAPD detective (portrayed by Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker) who go on a series of misadventures often involving corrupt crime figures. The films were released theatrically between 1998 and 2007, and have achieved commercial success and incorporate elements of martial arts, humor, and the buddy cop subgenre.

Rush Hour is a 1941 British Public Information short film made by the wartime Ministry of Information, and designed to pass on an important message to cinemagoers in a humorous manner. The film was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Edward Black.

Rush Hour was filmed as a series of short comedy sequences, illustrating the various degrees of chaos and confusion arising from public transport being overwhelmed with passengers at peak times. Its twin targets were employers, to whom the desirability of staggered working hours was stressed, and casual leisure travellers, who were exhorted: "Shopping? Visiting? Then get home early at your ease – leave rush-hour seats for workers, please!"

Rush Hour is an American police procedural comedy television series developed by Blake McCormick and Bill Lawrence that is based on the popular film franchise of the same name created by Ross LaManna. Similar to the films, the series follows Detective Carter, a radical LAPD detective, and Detective Lee, a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong, as they are forced into forming an unlikely partnership. CBS placed a series order on May 8, 2015. The show premiered on March 31, 2016. On May 16, 2016, CBS canceled the show after one season. On May 26, 2016, CBS removed the show from its schedule. However, they later announced the show will return on July 23 to burn off the remaining episodes.