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TRAFFIC JAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does traffic jam mean? 

TRAFFIC JAM (noun)
  The noun TRAFFIC JAM has 1 sense:

1. a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely moveplay

  Familiarity information: TRAFFIC JAM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRAFFIC JAM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

snarl-up; traffic jam

Hypernyms ("traffic jam" is a kind of...):

crush; jam; press (a dense crowd of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traffic jam"):

gridlock (a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible)


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