snarled upadjective
uk/ˌsnɑːld ˈʌp/us/ˌsnɑːrld ˈʌp/UK US snarledSnarled-up traffic is a long line of traffic that is unable to travel forward because something is blocking the road:
The traffic was snarled up in both directions for two miles because of the accident.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
On the road: traffic jams
- back
- back up
- backed up
- bottleneck
- bumper
- bumper to bumper idiom
- congested
- gridlock
- jam
- rasta roko
- rush hour
- sock
- sock sth/sb in (with sb)
- tail
- tail back
- tailback
- traffic
- traffic calming
- traffic jam
snarl-up
noun [ C ] uk/ˈsnɑːl.ʌp/us/ˈsnɑːrl-/UK US snarl