lockup
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 6
Definition of lockup
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, slang, uncountable)A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
“He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.”
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noun
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(countable, slang, uncountable)A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
“He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.”
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(UK, countable, uncountable)A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
“Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown.”
- (countable, uncountable)A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
- (countable, uncountable)A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
- (countable, historical, uncountable)A device for locking type into position for printing.
- (broadly, countable, uncountable)A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
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Etymology
Deverbal from lock up.
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