logjam

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English

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Etymology

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From log +‎ jam.

Noun

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logjam (plural logjams)

  1. An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
  2. (figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
    Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.
    • 1994 August 28, “Mr. Clinton: Break the Logjam”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Mr. Clinton can break the logjam by first convincing the public that he is willing to start with small but meaningful victories.
    • 2010 October 18, Ivo H. Daalder, “Breaking a Brussels Logjam”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      It is in the interest of all NATO and E.U. members to break political logjams. Our personnel operating in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and the Gulf of Aden have already learned that lesson.

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Verb

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logjam (third-person singular simple present logjams, present participle logjamming, simple past and past participle logjammed)

  1. (transitive) To deliberately impede or delay the progress of.

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