traffic jam

noun

1. jam.

traffic jam

noun

1. a number of vehicles so obstructed that they can scarcely move

Other Word Forms

• traffic-jammed adjective

Example Sentences

But there was a traffic jam not far ahead, and the driver cursed in Russian as he pulled the sweating team to a hard stop.

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The planet's strong gravitational pull generated ripples throughout the disk, creating what they describe as "cosmic traffic jams" that kept small particles from falling into the sun.

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Claiming there’s a national emergency, the soldiers command everyone to pack up their vehicles and exit in an orderly traffic jam.

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But to spend less than $1,000, I knew this strategy wouldn’t work, since ride-shares, especially with the surge pricing that traffic jams trigger, would devour my budget.

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On Saturday morning, men with machetes hacked through branches as thick as their arms, clearing patches of the road where traffic jams were at a standstill.

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Related Words

• blockage 
• bottleneck 
• congestion 
• gridlock 
• logjam 
• roadblock 
• rush hour