traffic jamnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtræf.ɪk ˌdʒæm/us/ˈtræf.ɪk ˌdʒæm/B1 a large number of vehicles close together and unable to move or moving very slowly:
The snow caused traffic jams all over the city.
I was stuck in a traffic jam for an hour yesterday.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
On the road: traffic jams
- back
- back up
- backed up
- bottleneck
- bumper
- bumper to bumper idiom
- congested
- gridlock
- jam
- rasta roko
- rush hour
- snarled up
- sock
- sock sth/sb in (with sb)
- tail
- tail back
- tailback
- traffic
- traffic calming