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logjam

[ lawg-jam, log- ]

/ ˈlɔgˌdʒæm, ˈlɒg- /

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noun

an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.

any blockage or massive accumulation: a logjam of bills before Congress.

Origin of logjam

First recorded in 1880–85; log¹ + jam¹

Words nearby logjam

logion, logistic, logistic curve, logistician, logistics, logjam, loglog, lognormal, logo, logo-, logocentrism

Example sentences from the Web for logjam

As the story that broke the logjam, "Birthday Boy" is a fascinating read.

What the Leaked J.D. Salinger Stories Reveal About the Author |Andrew Romano |November 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But with a bipartisan alliance of radicals in Washington, the logjam of political dysfunction will finally be broken.

Why The Zombie Tea Party Won’t Stay Dead |James Poulos |October 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
And he had broken ground on Porto Açu, a massive deepwater port meant to break the logjam of Brazilian shipping.

The Brutal Fall of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista |Mac Margolis |June 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The way to break this logjam is to crush the Republicans on taxes.

Third-Party Delusions |Michael Tomasky |October 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Maybe it really will get Republicans to move on tax expenditures and break the logjam.

The Untransformational President |Michael Tomasky |July 8, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Rather wud I have perished in a logjam thin to've indured this ingratichood.

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War |Finley Peter Dunne