gridlock

Meaning of gridlock

noun
  1. a situation of very severe traffic congestion.
    the city reaches gridlock during peak hours
  2. another term for deadlock (sense 1 of the noun).

1980s (originally US): from grid (in gridlock (sense 2)) + lock1.

Information about gridlock

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of gridlock is: gridlocks.
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Hyphenation of gridlock

grid-lock

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • gridlock is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with gridlock

Lock, lock, Blalock, Dialock, mealock, Block, Herblock, IvyBlock, ablock, antiblock, backblock, biteblock, block, breechblock, cellblock, chockablock, cinderblock, deblock, gablock, heartblock, hemiblock, interblock, keelblock, kiloblock, multiblock, reblock, roadblock, setblock, sketchblock, stereoblock, stopblock, subblock, sunblock, superblock, swivelblock, unblock, woodblock, yuleblock, alarmclock, bumclock, clock, ladyclock, miniclock, o'clock, oclock, vidclock, Dedlock, Hadlock, cadlock, chadlock

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