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gridlocked

gridlocked is the simple past and past participle of gridlock.

Adjective

gridlocked (comparative more gridlocked, superlative most gridlocked)

  1. Stationary in a gridlock.
  2. (figuratively) In a state of gridlock or paralysis.

Meaning of gridlock

Verb

gridlock (third-person singular simple present gridlocks, present participle gridlocking, simple past and past participle gridlocked)

  1. To cause traffic congestion.

See all 4 meanings of gridlock

Forms of gridlocked

comparativemore gridlocked
superlativemost gridlocked

Questions about gridlocked

What does gridlocked mean?
Gridlocked means stationary in a gridlock.
What is gridlocked the simple past and past participle of?
Gridlocked is the simple past and past participle of gridlock.
What part of speech is gridlocked?
Gridlocked is an adjective.

Words near gridlocked in the dictionary

  1. gridlike
  2. gridline
  3. gridlines
  4. gridling
  5. gridlock
  6. gridlocked
  7. gridlocking
  8. gridlocks
  9. gridpoint
  10. gridpoints
  11. grids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gridlocked (page history and authors); gridlock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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