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happy hour
happy hourn. A period of time, usually in late afternoon and early evening, during which a bar or lounge offers drinks or food at reduced prices.happy hour n (Brewing) a time, usually in the early evening, when some pubs or bars sell drinks at reduced prices hap′py hour` n. a cocktail hour or period at a bar, when drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks. [1960–65] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | happy hour - the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced pricetime of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late" | Translationshappy hour
happy hourA time of day, usually beginning around 5 PM, when many bars and restaurants offer food and drink specials to entice patrons. Come on, Martha, it's happy hour—you have to get a drink! I'm going to happy hour with some of my co-workers tonight.See also: happy, hourhappy houra time to drink a cocktail, starting at about 5:00 P.M. (Often bars have lower prices during "happy hour.") I think that Mary has been starting happy hour a little early. Before noon I think.See also: happy, hourhappy hourA period in the late afternoon or early evening when a bar or lounge features drinks at reduced prices. For example, The hotel bar has a happy hour from five to seven every day. [1960s] See also: happy, hourhappy hourA time, usually in the late afternoon, when a bar lowers the prices of drinks and/or offers free snacks. Dating from about 1950, the term is also used in a noncommercial sense, as in “I’ve invited our bowling team to come to the house for happy hour.” A cartoon in Wiley’s “Non Sequitur” shows a tavern with the placard “Nobody wants to hear what you think, 5–8 pm” and one man saying to the other, “It’s nice to see a place that really puts an effort into making happy hour happy” (Boston Globe, July 16, 2010).See also: happy, hourAcronymsSeehip hophappy hour
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