Lockup Definition

lŏkŭp
lock up, lockups
noun
lockups
A jail, especially one in which offenders are held while awaiting a court hearing.
American Heritage
The act of locking up.
Webster's New World
A being locked up, as in jail.
Webster's New World
A jail.
Webster's New World

(UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.

Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown.
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Noun

Singular:
lockup
Plural:
lockups

Lockup Sentence Examples

  • He's not going to get her committed without a few miles of red tape but just the threat of a lockup could drag her back to old Virginia.

  • I'm looking for storage space - about the size of a lockup garage.

  • Since putting on standby all the time when not in use have not had another lockup.

  • If the Humax was trying to record whilst a file was transferring this may have caused the lockup.

  • You have to understand; in lockup, there are some who spew bull shit all the time and others who won't open their mouths and some who keep swearing they got framed so you've got to take what you hear in there and sort through the garbage.

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Words Starting With

LLOLOC

Words Ending With

PUPKUP

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Words Starting With L and Ending With P

Starts With L & Ends With PStarts With LO & Ends With PStarts With L & Ends With UP

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With P