traffic
noun
[ ˈtrafɪk ]
• vehicles moving on a public highway.
• "a stream of heavy traffic"
Similar:
vehicles,
cars,
trucks,
lorries,
congestion,
traffic jam,
jam,
tailback,
hold-up,
bottleneck,
gridlock,
stoppage,
obstruction,
queue,
snarl-up,
• the messages or signals transmitted through a communications system.
• "data traffic between remote workstations"
• the action of dealing or trading in something illegal.
• "the traffic in stolen cattle"
Similar:
trade,
trading,
trafficking,
dealing,
commerce,
business,
peddling,
buying and selling,
smuggling,
bootlegging,
market,
black market,
dealings,
transactions,
negotiations,
proceedings,
• dealings or communication between people.
traffic
verb
• deal or trade in something illegal.
Similar:
trade,
deal,
do business,
peddle,
bargain,
buy and sell,
market,
barter,
smuggle,
bootleg,
hawk,
tout,
flog,
push,
run,
Origin:
early 16th century (denoting commercial transportation of merchandise or passengers): from French traffique, Spanish tráfico, or Italian traffico, of unknown origin. Sense 1 dates from the early 19th century.
