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    gridlock
    /ˈɡrɪdlɒk/

    noun

    • 1. a situation of very severe traffic congestion: "the city reaches gridlock during peak hours"
    • 2. another term for deadlock

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  2. uk / ˈɡrɪd.lɒk / us / ˈɡrɪd.lɑːk /. to cause a road or area to be so blocked by traffic that it is impossible for any vehicles to move: The accident has gridlocked the entire freeway. The protest by truck drivers aimed to gridlock the country to force concessions on fuel prices.

    • English (US)

      us / ˈɡrɪd.lɑːk / uk / ˈɡrɪd.lɒk /. to cause a road or area...

    • Gridlock: Thai Translation

      gridlock translate: รถติด, สถานการณ์ที่ไม่คืบหน้า. Learn...

  3. The meaning of GRIDLOCK is a traffic jam in which a grid of intersecting streets is so completely congested that no vehicular movement is possible. How to use gridlock in a sentence.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GridlockGridlock - Wikipedia

    Gridlock is a form of traffic congestion where vehicles block an entire network of intersecting streets, bringing traffic to a complete standstill. Learn about the origin, enforcement, and alleviation of gridlock, as well as its impacts on air and noise pollution.

  5. us / ˈɡrɪd.lɑːk / uk / ˈɡrɪd.lɒk /. to cause a road or area to be so blocked by traffic that it is impossible for any vehicles to move: The accident has gridlocked the entire freeway. The protest by truck drivers aimed to gridlock the country to force concessions on fuel prices.

  6. noun. 1. obstruction of urban traffic caused by queues of vehicles forming across junctions and causing further queues to form in the intersecting streets. 2. a point in a dispute at which no agreement can be reached; deadlock. political gridlock. verb.

  7. Gridlock definition: the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.. See examples of GRIDLOCK used in a sentence.

  8. noun. /ˈɡrɪdlɒk/. /ˈɡrɪdlɑːk/. [uncountable, countable] a situation in which there are so many cars in the streets of a town that the traffic cannot move at all. It’s gridlock between 6.30 and 9.00. The protest march created gridlock. roads that are prone to gridlocks. Topics Transport by car or lorry c2.