TRAFFIC


Meaning of TRAFFIC in English

I

n.

movement of vehicles, aircraft

1) to direct ~ (the police officer was directing ~)

2) to block, hold up, obstruct, tie up ~

3) bumper-to-bumper, heavy; light; rush-hour; slow-moving ~

4) air; highway ( AE ), motorway ( BE ); inbound; local; long-distance; merging; one-way; through, thru ( AE ); two-way; vehicular ~

5) ( misc. ) the flow of ~; an update on ~ conditions; a ~ report

commerce, trade

6) brisk, lively ~

7) illegal, illicit ~

8) ~ in (illicit ~ in drugs)

misc.

9) ( colloq. ) to charge what the ~ will bear ('to charge as much as people are willing to pay')

II

v. ( d ; intr. ) to ~ in (to ~ in drugs)

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.