Transportthe movement of vehicles, ships, etc., in an area or over a route:a report on the traffic and weather.
Transportthe vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area or over a route:heavy traffic.
trade; buying and selling; commerce:the traffic in illegal drugs.
Transport, Telecommunicationsthe total amount of freight, passengers, messages, etc., handled in a given period:Can those outdated telephone systems handle the increased traffic from cellular phones?
communication between persons or groups:traffic in ideas.
v.[no object]
to carry on trade or commerce.
to trade in a commodity or service, often of an illegal nature:to traffic in opium.
traf•fic(traf′ik),USA pronunciationn., v.,-ficked, -fick•ing. n.
the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.:the heavy traffic on Main Street.
the vehicles, persons, etc., moving in an area, along a street, etc.
the transportation of goods for the purpose of trade, by sea, land, or air:ships of traffic.
trade; buying and selling; commercial dealings.
trade between different countries or places; commerce.
the business done by a railroad or other carrier in the transportation of freight or passengers.
the aggregate of freight, passengers, telephone or telegraph messages, etc., handled, esp. in a given period.
communication, dealings, or contact between persons or groups:traffic between the Democrats and the Republicans.
mutual exchange or communication:traffic in ideas.
trade in some specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature:the vast traffic in narcotics.
v.i.
to carry on traffic, trade, or commercial dealings.
to trade or deal in a specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature (usually fol. by in):to traffic in opium.
Italian traffico (noun, nominal), trafficare (verb, verbal), of disputed origin, originally
Middle French trafique (noun, nominal), trafiquer (verb, verbal)