gridlock
the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
the blocking of an intersection by vehicular traffic entering the intersection but unable to pass through it.
any situation in which nothing can move or proceed in any direction: a financial gridlock due to high interest rates.
Origin of gridlock
1Other words from gridlock
- gridlocked, adjective
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How to use gridlock in a sentence
It’s very easy to see the Senate descending into one of its most gridlocked periods in an era already marked by gridlock.
Hendricks says removing this provision, which essentially lets one party veto measures it doesn’t like, would be helpful in eliminating some of the gridlock.
New Senate leadership could finally help us fight climate change | Ula Chrobak | January 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOn Wednesday, the 10-year Treasury moved above 1 percent for the first time since March, as the outcome of the Georgia Senate race seemed to indicate the possibility of less gridlock, making another stimulus a more realistic possibility.
Fixed mortgage rates sink to lowest levels in history but could be headed higher | Kathy Orton | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostOn Wednesday, congressional leaders neared an agreement on a roughly $900 billion relief package after months of partisan gridlock.
Fed leaders more optimistic on jobs, GDP growth at final 2020 policy meeting | Rachel Siegel | December 16, 2020 | Washington PostTo be sure, Wall Street’s pundits and market strategists, along with plenty of journalists and even some top academics, are touting divided government gridlock as great news for the markets.
Is gridlock really ‘nirvana’ for stocks? Investors should be wary of these four potential perils | Shawn Tully | November 5, 2020 | Fortune
So is partisan gridlock just a symptom of how we raise our kids?
Most of all, Orman reflects a bubbling Main Street frustration with hyper-partisan gridlock.
The Kansas Independent Who Could Control the Senate | John Avlon | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch admiration for the American system sounds strange in this era of gridlock and bickering.
Yes, gridlock frustration and national debt nausea are understandable.
So today, gridlock in Washington simply mirrors who we are and where America is.
Then our nation was gripped by economic distress, social decline, political gridlock.
British Dictionary definitions for gridlock
/ (ˈɡrɪdˌlɒk) mainly US /
obstruction of urban traffic caused by queues of vehicles forming across junctions and causing further queues to form in the intersecting streets
a point in a dispute at which no agreement can be reached; deadlock: political gridlock
(tr) (of traffic) to block or obstruct (an area)
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