snarl-up

noun

1. informal.
   a confusion, obstruction, or tangle, esp a traffic jam

Example Sentences

In Spain, farmers shut down roads for a fourth day in several areas, snarling up traffic in big cities such as Bilbao where 100 tractors headed to the centre in columns.

From BBC

Lingering until Tuesday, the storm is expected to snarl up holiday travel.

From BBC

But Port of Dover chief executive Doug Bannister said it has since taken steps to stop traffic getting snarled up in post-Brexit border checks.

From BBC

Belgium’s largest ever trial began with hundreds of potential jurors filing through airport-style security checks and into eight waiting rooms with morning rush hour traffic snarled up outside by police searches of vehicles.

From Reuters

But as West Coast ports were snarled up, Columbia Grain last fall started sending chickpeas by rail to Houston, Texas, in search of available ocean transport - nearly doubling shipping costs, Van Pevenage said.

From Reuters

Related Words

• bottleneck
• overpopulation
• traffic jam