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GRIDLOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gridlock mean?
• GRIDLOCK (noun)
The noun GRIDLOCK has 1 sense:
1. a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible
Familiarity information: GRIDLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("gridlock" is a kind of...):
snarl-up; traffic jam (a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move)
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