Past tense of traffic
regular verb
The past tense of traffic is trafficked. The past participle is also trafficked.
Forms of traffic
| Base form (V1) | traffic /ˈtɹæfɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | trafficked |
| Past participle (V3) | trafficked |
| Present participle | trafficking |
| Third person singular | traffics /ˈtɹæfɪks/ |
Trafficked in a sentence
- “From Lawrence, it’s being trafficked and sold all over the New England states.”2016 March 25, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived…. From the entry Healey
- We see a very trafficked big cross in Roma.2016, Irv Bauer, Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 158. From the entry trafficked
- Possessed of many thinly trafficked lines and dual-purpose assignments for engines, CPR commonsensically employed Pacifics as all-purpose engines, bought 4-6-2's until dieselization.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 114. From the entry trafficked
Meaning of traffic
- noun Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
- noun The commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.
- noun A flow of customers for a store or restaurant.
Questions about the past tense of traffic
- What is the past tense of traffic?
- The past tense of traffic is trafficked.
- What is the past participle of traffic?
- The past participle of traffic is trafficked.
- Is traffic a regular or irregular verb?
- Traffic is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: traffic (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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