gridlock
the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
the blocking of an intersection by vehicular traffic entering the intersection but unable to pass through it.
any situation in which nothing can move or proceed in any direction: a financial gridlock due to high interest rates.
Origin of gridlock
1Other words from gridlock
- gridlocked, adjective
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How to use gridlock in a sentence
The past few years of ugly gridlocked bloodsport politics have driven many Americans out of the arena in disgust.
Hate Hyper-Partisanship? Support Redistricting Reform Now | John Avlon | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd like gridlocked politicians, it seems each side of the debate relies more on spin than facts to justify its positions.
Police say they even helped with the safe delivery of a baby girl on the gridlocked interstate.
Atlanta Is Frozen: See Photos of the Commute from Hell | Brian Ries | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOtherwise, the GOP will remain locked out of the White House and leave our nation stuck in neutral with a gridlocked government.
Can a Republican Win 270 Electoral Votes in 2016...or Ever? | Myra Adams | August 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Great Blackout of 2011 gridlocked traffic, closed schools and canceled flights.
British Dictionary definitions for gridlock
/ (ˈɡrɪdˌlɒk) mainly US /
obstruction of urban traffic caused by queues of vehicles forming across junctions and causing further queues to form in the intersecting streets
a point in a dispute at which no agreement can be reached; deadlock: political gridlock
(tr) (of traffic) to block or obstruct (an area)
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