Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caps-locked

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: cap-s-locked
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.

Example Sentences

"Typing using all capital letters in any sort of online correspondence usually is seen as the virtual equivalent of SHOUTING. For emphasis, bold type or italics always are preferable, because a caps-locked section of text is seen as both visually ugly and rude."
"The Republican convention was a gruesome and tawdry spectacle. And everything was topped off with nothing more than a red hat with a badly kerned, caps-locked slogan."

Etymology

From caps lock + -ed.

Questions

What does caps-locked mean?: Typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.
Where does caps-locked come from?: From caps lock + -ed.

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