| 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. | |
| 4. v. To cause traffic congestion | |
