Happy-hour
noun
1.
a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks:
happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
noun
1.
a time, usually in the early evening, when some pubs or bars sell drinks at reduced prices
“early evening period of discount drinks and free hors-d’oeuvres at a bar,” first recorded 1961.
noun phrase
A 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 ]
Read Also:
- Happy-hunting-ground
noun 1. the North American Indian heaven, conceived of as a paradise of hunting and feasting for warriors and hunters. 2. a place where one finds in abundance that which one needs or desires, or where one may pursue an activity without restriction: New England attics are happy hunting grounds for antique collectors. noun 1. […]
- Happy jack
noun 1. (Austral) another name for grey-crowned babbler
- Happy-juice
noun Liquor: The increased taxes on happy-juice have cut the revenues from liquor sales (1950s+)
- Happy-medium
noun 1. a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold. 2. a satisfactory compromise between two things that are related in such a way that one increases as the other decreases: We need to find a happy medium between conserving land and […]
- Happy pill
noun phrase A tranquilizer pill (1956+)