TRAFFIC JAM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

snarl-up; traffic jam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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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