Definition of traffic jam
: a situation in which a long line of vehicles on a road have stopped moving or are moving very slowly
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“Traffic jam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20jam. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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