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How to pronounce “lockup”
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Pronunciation guide for lockup
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of lockup with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Atlas Underground
This band Lockup also had probably the worst album title
- Definition summary
- (slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
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How to pronounce lockup
The Atlas Underground
This band Lockup also had probably the worst album title
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “lockup”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
- (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
- (mechanical engineering, 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.
- (computing) A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
- (printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.
- (marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
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