logjam
An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
Noun
- An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
- A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
- Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.
- Mr. Clinton can break the logjam by first convincing the public that he is willing to start with small but meaningful victories. - 1994 August 28, “Mr. Clinton: Break the Logjam”, in The New York Times, →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. - 2010 October 18, Ivo H....
Origin
From log + jam.
Forms
Verb
- To deliberately impede or delay the progress of.