traffic : Idioms & Phrases

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air traffic

  • noun traffic created by the movement of aircraft
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automobile traffic

  • noun cars coming and going
    automobile traffic.
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bicycle traffic

  • noun bicycles coming and going
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bus traffic

  • noun buses coming and going
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car traffic

  • noun cars coming and going
    automobile traffic.
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commuter traffic

  • noun traffic created by people going to or returning from work
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drug traffic

  • noun traffic in illegal drugs
    narcotraffic; drug traffic.
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drug trafficking

  • noun traffic in illegal drugs
    narcotraffic; drug traffic.
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foot traffic

  • noun people coming and going on foot
    foot traffic.
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pedestrian traffic

  • noun people coming and going on foot
    foot traffic.
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slave traffic

  • noun traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
    slave trade.
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traffic circle

  • noun a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
    circle; rotary; roundabout.
    • the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
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traffic control

  • noun control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city
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traffic cop

  • noun a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic
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traffic court

  • noun a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offenses
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traffic island

  • noun a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians
    safety zone; safety isle; safety island.
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traffic jam

  • noun a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
    snarl-up.
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traffic lane

  • noun a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines
    • that car is in the wrong traffic lane
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traffic light

  • noun a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
    stoplight; traffic light.
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traffic pattern

  • noun the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
    pattern; approach pattern.
    • the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded
    • they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
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Traffic return

  • a periodical statement of the receipts for goods and passengers, as on a railway line.
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traffic signal

  • noun a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
    stoplight; traffic light.
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Traffic taker

  • a computer of the returns of traffic on a railway, steamboat line, etc.
Webster 1913

truck traffic

  • noun trucks coming and going
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vehicle traffic

  • noun the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality
    vehicle traffic.
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vehicular traffic

  • noun the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality
    vehicle traffic.
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