gridlock

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

embouteillage

encombrement

impasse

Synonymes

traffic jam

congestion

holdup

backlog

rash

snarl-up

logjam

Traductions

engarrafamento

embotellamiento

ingorgo

atasco

Stau

Verkehrsinfarkt

συνωστισμός

imbottigliamento

intasamento

verkeersinfarct

verkeerschaos

aglomeração

ajuntamento

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɹɪdˌlɒk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From grid + lock.