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

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (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.”
  3. (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.
  4. (countable, uncountable)A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
  5. (countable, historical, uncountable)A device for locking type into position for printing.
  6. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.

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Etymology

Deverbal from lock up.

Anagrams of lockup

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