peak time
Maximum activity period
Peak time is the period when demand or usage is highest.
Traffic has peak times during morning and evening commutes.
Electricity rates rise during peak time when everyone runs appliances.
Television peak time—called prime time in American English—is when viewership is greatest: Call rates are higher during peak time.
The opposite is off-peak.
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- rush hour trafficCongestion during commute times
- busyActively occupied with tasks
- trafficMovement along routes
- bumper to bumperVehicles nearly touching ahead/behind
congestion · commute · evening · morning · demand · surge · crowd · gridlock · subway · train station · ratings · viewers · broadcast · schedule · crunch · power hour · hustle · deadline
- commutecommute, commuter, rush hour, traffic, traffic jam
- nightclubsdance floor, club, DJ booth, dancefloor, bouncer
- Technotechno, Detroit techno, 808, four-on-the-floor, kick drum
- DJ termsmix, setlist, crossfade, beatmatching, drop
- disruptionsinterruption, disturbance, interference, delay, obstruction
- time perceptionduration, temporal distortion, internal clock, slow motion, fleeting