gridlock

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
2. (countable, uncountable) On a smaller scale, the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
4. (alt-of, countable, deliberate, misspelling, uncountable) Deliberate misspelling of girlcock or girldick.

Verb

To cause traffic congestion.

Konzepte

Stau

Stillstand

Stockung

Verkehrsstau

Verkehrskollaps

Verkehrsinfarkt

Synonyme

traffic jam

congestion

holdup

backlog

rash

snarl-up

logjam

Übersetzungen

engarrafamento

embotellamiento

embouteillage

ingorgo

atasco

verkeersinfarct

verkeerschaos

aglomeração

ajuntamento

impasse

paralisia

aglomeración

paralización

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɡɹɪdˌlɒk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From grid + lock.