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Definitions for Gridlock
[1] the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
[2] the blocking of an intersection by vehicular traffic entering the intersection but unable to pass through it.
[3] any situation in which nothing can move or proceed in any direction: a financial gridlock due to high interest rates.
[4] obstruction of urban traffic caused by queues of vehicles forming across junctions and causing further queues to form in the intersecting streets
[5] a point in a dispute at which no agreement can be reached; deadlock political gridlock
[6] (tr) (of traffic) to block or obstruct (an area)
Words related to Gridlock
impasse, bottleneck, congestion, logjam, blockage, stoppage, clog, obstacle, barrier
Words nearby Gridlock
griddlecake, gride, gridiron, gridiron pendulum, gridiron-tailed lizard, gridlock, grief, grief-stricken, griefer, griefo, grieg
Origin of Gridlock
An Americanism dating back to 1975–80; grid + lock1
Other words from Gridlock
grid·locked , adjective
Synonyms for Gridlock
bottleneck, congestion, impasse, logjam, barrier, blockage, clog, obstacle, stoppage