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    [Noun]  | "traf*fic" | \ ˈtra-fik \


    1: the vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes moving along a route

    2: congestion of vehicles

    3: the movement (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area or along a route

    Origin: 1511 ;

     Middle French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare to trade in coastal waters;

    [Noun]  | "traffic circle" 


    1: rotary

    Origin: 1914 ;

    [Noun]  | "traffic cone" 


    1: a conical marker used on a road or highway (as for indicating an area under repair)

    Origin: 1949 ;

    [Noun]  | "traffic court" 


    1: a minor court for disposition of petty prosecutions for violations of statutes, ordinances, and local regulations governing the use of highways and motor vehicles

    Origin: 1896 ;

    [Noun]  | "traffic engineering" 


    1: engineering dealing with the design of streets and control of traffic

    Origin: 1908 ;

    [Noun]  | "traffic island" 


    1: island

    Origin: 1911 ;

    [Noun]  | "traffic light" 


    1: a visual signal (such as a system of colored lights) for controlling traffic

    Origin: 1912 ;

    [Noun]  | "traffic signal" 


    1: a signal (such as a traffic light) for controlling traffic

    Origin: 1893 ;

    [Noun]  | "traffic stop" 


    1: an instance of police stopping a driver (as for speeding or a broken taillight)

    Origin: 1953 ;

    [Verb]  | "traffic" 


    1: to carry on traffic

    2: to concentrate one's effort or interest; broadly : engage, deal

    3: to travel over

    Origin: 1537 ;

    [Noun]  | "traffic" 


    1: the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places;


      * e.g., " ... they contributed money to an environmental group that works to end the traffic of endangered animals "



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    [Noun]  | "traffic circle" 


    1: as in circle, rotary;


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    [Noun]  | "traffic circles" 


    1: as in circles, rotaries;


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    [Verb]  | "traffic" 


    1: to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property;


      * e.g., " ... arrested him for trafficking in drugs "



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    [Verb]  | "traffic (in)" 


     [ "traffic" ]

    1: the movement of something. Could be cars, drugs, people for sex, ushually something illegal and something you should not do.

      * e.g.,  ... Sex trafficking 

     [ "traffic" ]

    1: drug term: the amount of people coming and going at a drug dealers location.

      * e.g.,  ... check out all the traffic at Bobs house 

     [ "traffic" ]

    1: Traffic was a rock band formed in the 1960s which featured Steve Winwood on vocals.

      * e.g.,  ... "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" is one of Traffic's best songs. 

     [ "traffic" ]

    1: Usally, some computers get traffic. If your computer is connected to a network, it would get traffic from file transfers and new information. Zone alarm pro allows you to control traffic your computer is recieving, and also, block it off completely.

      * e.g.,  ... My computer was recieving uknown traffic. 

     [ "traffic" ]

    1: Used to accept or agree to stated information; "true."

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Yo, I can't make it to the game tonight, I got prior plans. 

     [ "traffic" ]

    1: When people smoke more than one joint (marijuana cigarette) in a circle with a group of friends and someone takes a long time to pass a joint in the direction of rotation. The effect of this stop in rotation causes a pile up and may result in wasted cannabis.

      * e.g.,  ... "Smoke or pass man, there's some traffic and the roach joint will go out if ya wait too long." 

     [ "traffic" ]

    1: the act of getting high or hot boxing. Usually done during the day in public places.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, Ellen and Brian got stuck in heavy traffic today, you could tell when they called me. 

     [ "trafficate" ]

    1: A Nigerian English word for using your trafficator (Turn signal light).

      * e.g.,  ... Trafficate before you make that next turn. 

     [ "trafficator" ]

    1: A combination of "traffic" and "indicator". In American English, it means "turn signal".

      * e.g.,  ... Don't forget to use the trafficator when you want to let people driving behind you that you want to turn. 

     [ "trafficate" ]

    1: to show/indicate with your car trafficators which direction you are going

      * e.g.,  ... "i thought i was to turn left so i trafficated left" 

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