Definition

1. Noun:
   • A designated period, typically in the late afternoon or early evening, when a bar, pub, or restaurant sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price. This is often used as a promotional strategy to attract customers during slower business hours.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Let's meet for drinks during happy hour.
  • The bar's happy hour features half-price cocktails from 4 to 6 PM.
  • They offer discounted appetizers as well as drinks for happy hour.

Advanced Usage

• "Extended happy hour": A happy hour period that lasts longer than the typical one or two hours.
  • On Fridays, they have an extended happy hour until 8 PM.
• "Happy hour specials": Refers specifically to the discounted drinks and food items offered during this time.
  • Check the board for today's happy hour specials.

Variants and Related Words

• Happy hour pricing (noun phrase): The reduced price structure used during the happy hour period.
  • The happy hour pricing makes it very affordable.

Synonyms

• Discount period: A general term for a time when prices are reduced.
• Reduced-price drinks: A descriptive phrase for the main offering.

Related Phrases

• "Catch the happy hour": To arrive at a venue in time to take advantage of the happy hour prices.
  • If we leave now, we can catch the happy hour.
• "Happy hour is over": Literally means the discounted period has ended; can be used figuratively to indicate that a period of ease or favorable conditions has passed.
  • The free funding is gone; happy hour is over for that startup.

Noun

1. the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price