traffic
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traffic/ˈtrafɪk/
▶noun
- 1 vehicles moving on a public highway.
- 2 the movement of ships, trains, or aircraft.
- 3 the commercial transportation of goods or passengers.
- 4 the messages or signals transmitted through a communications system.
- 5 the action of trafficking.
- 6 archaic dealings or communication between people.
– derivatives
trafficker noun,
trafficless adjective.
trafficker noun,
trafficless adjective.
– origin C16: from Fr. traffique, Sp. tráfico, or Ital. traffico, of unknown origin.
'traffic' also found in these Oxford entries:
air traffic control
- artery
- ATC
- backup
- blind side
- bollard
- bottleneck
- bulk
- bypass
- cat's eye
- cone
- congestion charge
- contraflow
- control tower
- diversion
- exit
- fast lane
- filter
- flow
- green light
- gridlock
- gyratory
- interchange
- jaywalk
- jump
- lane
- light
- light railway
- lollipop lady
- mall
- -monger
- mother
- motorway
- passenger mile
- pelican crossing
- point duty
- precinct
- priority
- puffin crossing
- radar gun
- refuge
- relief road
- roadblock
- robot
- roundabout
- RTA
- run
- rush hour
- shoot
- signalize
