Definitions for traffic

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traffic traf·fic

Spelling: [traf-ik]

IPA: /ˈtræf ɪk/

Traffic is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in traffic (acffirt).

Definitions for traffic

noun

1. the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.:
2. the vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area, along a street, etc.
3. the transportation of goods for the purpose of trade, by sea, land, or air:
4. trade; buying and selling; commercial dealings.
5. trade between different countries or places; commerce.
6. the business done by a railroad or other carrier in the transportation of freight or passengers.
7. the aggregate of freight, passengers, telephone or telegraph messages, etc., handled, especially in a given period.
8. communication, dealings, or contact between persons or groups:
9. mutual exchange or communication:
10. trade in some specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature:
11. illegal commercial trade in human beings for the purpose of exploiting them:

verb (used with object)

1. (of vehicles or persons) to move over or through (a place):
2. to trade or deal in (a commodity or service):
3. to trade in (human beings) for the purpose of exploitation:

verb (used without object)

1. to carry on traffic, trade, or commercial dealings.
2. to trade or deal in a specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature (usually followed by in):

Origin of traffic

1495-1505; earlier traffyk Middle French trafique (noun), trafiquer (v.) Italian traffico (noun), trafficare (v.), of disputed orig.

Examples for traffic

The scene was heavily cordoned off to traffic and anyone not with the police, press, or residents.

One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.

traffic was intense, and had reached what might be supposed its acme.

Yes, some people have been inconvenienced by traffic delays or annoyed by supportive athletes.

It is a mistake of sentiment to believe they have any real dislike to this traffic.

By this traffic Germany had survived for a century and a half.

That officer believed my fair-skinned son was white, according to the traffic citation I examined.

The whole current of the company's traffic to and fro passed under my eye.

More recently, Boko Haram shocked the world by kidnapping 276 female students and threatened to traffic them.

The law of God is unchangeable: as on earth, so in our traffic with heaven, we only get as we give.