traffic
tra fik
- n the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
- n buying and selling; especially illicit trade
- n the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines
traffic on the internet is lightest during the night - n social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
- v deal illegally
traffic drugs - v trade or deal a commodity
They trafficked with us for gold
- WHILE the postal dispute centered on the clear-cut issue of wages, the Government's conflict with air-traffic controllers is far more complex.
- Vietnam may not tolerate dissent, but citizens freely flout its traffic laws.
- Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany.