What is the meaning of traffic?

noun

  • The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time.
  • Buying and selling; especially illicit trade.
  • The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time.
    • usage: "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"
  • Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with'.

verb

  • Deal illegally.
    • usage: "traffic drugs"
  • Trade or deal a commodity.
    • usage: "They trafficked with us for gold"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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