ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Etymology: grid + dead lock
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)
stumbled toward a nurse amidst a gridlock of trauma victims — Peter Noel
everything that Americans hated about politics—partisan gridlock , pork-barrel spending — Bill Turque
• gridlock " transitive verb