noun [U]
1 a situation in which there are so many cars in the streets of a town that the traffic cannot move at all
2 (usually in politics) a situation in which people with different opinions are not able to agree with each other and so no action can be taken:
Congress is in gridlock.
gridlocked adjective
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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