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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024grid•lock /ˈgrɪdˌlɑk/USA pronunciation n. - a major traffic jam in which all movement comes to a stop because important intersections are blocked by traffic:[uncountable]The city suffered from gridlock today for the third day in a row.
- a complete stoppage of normal activity: [countable]a financial gridlock resulting from high interest rates.[uncountable]complete gridlock, with no money coming in and none going out.
v. - to (cause to) undergo a gridlock: [no object]Traffic gridlocked at key intersections today.[~ + object]Traffic was gridlocked all day.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grid•lock (grid′lok′),USA pronunciation n. - the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- the blocking of an intersection by vehicular traffic entering the intersection but unable to pass through it.
- any situation in which nothing can move or proceed in any direction:a financial gridlock due to high interest rates.
- grid + lock1 1975–80, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gridlock /ˈɡrɪdˌlɒk/ chiefly US n - obstruction of urban traffic caused by queues of vehicles forming across junctions and causing further queues to form in the intersecting streets
- a point in a dispute at which no agreement can be reached; deadlock: political gridlock
vb - (transitive) (of traffic) to block or obstruct (an area)
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