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pedlock

noun

Etymology

Blend of pedestrian + gridlock.

  1. inherited from *lūkaną✻
  2. inherited from *lūkan✻
  3. inherited from lūcan
  4. inherited from locken
  5. derived from *lewg-✻
  6. inherited from *luką✻
  7. inherited from *lok✻
  8. inherited from loc
  9. inherited from lok
  10. compounded as gridlock — “grid + lock”
  11. compounded as pedlock — “pedestrian + gridlock”

Definitions

  1. The condition of an area being so crowded that it impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic.

    • "We're going to spend a pile of money widening the sidewalks a little bit and narrowing the streets a little bit," Mr. Haikalis said of city plans to ease pedlock — pedestrian congestion — in Times Square.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA