locked

locked

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of locked in English

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English

Etymology

  • (drunk): Perhaps from airlocked.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒkt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /lɑkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒkt

Verb

locked

  1. simple past and past participle of lock

Adjective

locked (not comparable)

  1. Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
  2. (computing) Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
  3. (Ireland) Very drunk.
  4. (mobile telephony, of a phone) Bound to a carrier.
    Antonym: unlocked

Synonyms

  • (secured by a lock):
  • (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
  • (bound to a carrier): dedicated

Derived terms

  • sealocked

Translations

References


Further reading

  • A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English, Terence Patrick Dolan, page 142
  • Eric Partridge (2005), “locked”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • cloked

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