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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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

    Gridlock is a form of traffic congestion where "continuous queues of vehicles block an entire network of intersecting streets, bringing traffic in all directions to a complete standstill". The term originates from a situation possible in a grid plan where intersections are blocked, preventing vehicles from either moving forwards ...

  4. GRIDLOCK meaning: 1. a situation where roads in a town become so blocked by cars that it is impossible for any…. Learn more.

  5. 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.

  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. 3. (transitive)

  7. Definition of gridlock noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.