Locking Definition

lŏkĭng
noun
A form of urban dance originating in California in the early 1970s, involving quick arm movements punctuated by briefly held poses, usually performed to funk music.
American Heritage

The act by which something is locked.

Wiktionary

(computing) Using a lock or a mutex to restrict the access to a part of a code to at most one process.

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verb

Present participle of lock.

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Other Word Forms of Locking

Noun

Singular:
locking
Plural:
lockings

Locking Sentence Examples

  • The memories rippled through her then coalesced, locking themselves away in the back of her mind.

  • I'm violating Immortal Code by serving you, by locking Rhyn in Hell to keep Kris from killing him.

  • She'd learned how to lock and unlock the doors and entered the conference room, locking it.

  • With that, Jackson left the room, locking the door behind him while Connor stared after him, mouth agape.

  • He began his ritual of locking up and putting out a bowl of canned cat food for Mrs. Lincoln, who came on the run at the sound of the refrigerator door.

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Words Starting With

LLOLOC

Words Ending With

GNGING

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