logjam
logjam noun: an excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
Noun
logjam (plural logjams)
- An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
- A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
- Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.
- Mr. Clinton can break the logjam by first convincing the public that he is willing to start with small but meaningful victories.1994 August 28, “Mr. Clinton: Break the Logjam”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Verb
logjam (third-person singular simple present logjams, present participle logjamming, simple past and past participle logjammed)
- To deliberately impede or delay the progress of.
logjam meaning in Tamil and Kannada
logjam in Tamil
- ஒரு செயலை தடைச் செய்யும், அல்லது தாமதப்படுத்தும், வழக்கத்திற்கு மாறான காரணி
logjam in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಯದ ತಡೆ, ಸಲುವರಿಯದ ತಡೆ
Forms of logjam
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | logjams |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | logjams |
| present participle | logjamming |
| past participle | logjammed |
| past | logjammed |
Origin of logjam
From log + jam.
Questions about logjam
- What does logjam mean?
- Logjam means an excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
- What is logjam in Tamil?
- Logjam in Tamil is ஒரு செயலை தடைச் செய்யும், அல்லது தாமதப்படுத்தும், வழக்கத்திற்கு மாறான காரணி. See Logjam meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is logjam?
- Logjam can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of logjam?
- The plural of logjam is logjams.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: logjam (page history and authors); logjam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); logjam (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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