In traffic, the overcrowding of a route, leading to slow and inefficient flow. Congestion on the roads is a result of the large increase in automobile ownership. It may lead to traffic jams and long delays as well as pollution. Congestion within urban areas may also restrict accessibility.

1. An electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power.
2. An excessive burden; SYN. overburden.

A sound defeat; SYN. walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping.