logjam
See also: log jam
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
logjam (plural logjams)
- An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
- (figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
- Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.
- 2010 October 18, Ivo H. Daalder, “Breaking a Brussels Logjam”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- It is in the interest of all NATO and E.U. members to break political logjams. Our personnel operating in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and the Gulf of Aden have already learned that lesson.
Translations edit
An excess of logs being conveyed on a river
A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Verb edit
logjam (third-person singular simple present logjams, present participle logjamming, simple past and past participle logjammed)
- (transitive) To deliberately impede or delay the progress of.