"on the hour" meaning in English

See on the hour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the hour, {{en-PP}} on the hour
  1. hourly, beginning at the start of each hour. Categories (topical): Time Related terms: on the half hour, top of the hour Translations (hourly, beginning at the start of each hour): zur vollen Stunde (German), zu jeder vollen Stunde (German), egész órakor (Hungarian)
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