GRIDLOCK


Meaning of GRIDLOCK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌläk ]

noun

Date: 1980

1. : a traffic jam in which a grid of intersecting streets is so completely congested that no vehicular movement is possible

2. : a situation resembling gridlock (as in congestion or lack of movement)

political gridlock

• gridlock transitive verb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.