1. n. Embouteillage (routier), bouchon (circulation).
traffic jam
1. n. A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow.
jam
1. n. Confiture.
I love strawberry jam.
2. n. Embouteillage.
Traffic jam.
3. n. Impromptu musical.
4. n. Difficulté
I'm in a bit of a jam right now. Can you help me out?
5. n. Bouchon.
Paper jam.
6. v. (Musique) Improviser de la musique.
The musicians decided on the spur of the moment to get together and jam.
7. v. (Défense) Brouiller.
The enemy was jamming the radio broadcasts.
8. v. (Argot) Bloquer un membre, un objet.
They jammed him up, and he was never able to recover.
jam
1. n. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
2. n. A difficult situation.
3. n. Blockage, congestion.
A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.
a jam of logs in a river
4. n. (popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
5. n. (by extension, informal) A song; a track.
6. n. (by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.
7. n. (baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
He's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.
8. n. (basketball) A forceful dunk.
9. n. (roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.
Toughie scored four points in that jam.
10. n. (climbing) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
11. n. (slang) luck.
He's got more jam than Waitrose.
12. n. (slang) sexual relations or the contemplation of them.
13. v. To get something stuck in a confined space.
My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.
I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.
14. v. To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
15. v. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
16. v. To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
17. v. (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
Jones was jammed by the pitch.
18. v. (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
19. v. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
20. v. (roller derby) To attempt to score points.
Toughie jammed four times in the second period.
21. v. (nautical) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
22. v. (Canadian, informal) To give up on a date or some joint endeavour; stand up, chicken out, jam out.
23. n. (dated) A kind of frock for children.
24. n. (mining) alternative form of jamb
tailback
tailback
1. n. (UK) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam; (US) backup.
2. n. (American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.
congestion
1. n. Afflux, congestion.
congestion
1. n. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfill
2. n. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
network congestion
3. n. An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
traffic congestion
4. n. (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic
arterial congestion
venous congestion
congestion of the lungs
5. n. (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
logjam
1. n. Embâcle (de bois flottés).
2. n. (Figuré) Blocage, impasse.
The senator tried to break the legislative logjam.
logjam
1. n. An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
2. n. (figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.
A step forward for the minimum wage increase this afternoon, as the Senate cleared the logjam of the Republican filibuster.
gridlock
gridlock
1. n. 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. n. 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 bl
3. n. Figuratively and by extension, any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
