loc
/loʊk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "WARNING: If CSS is not selected immediately for some 2 EO RTLS contingency abort situations, the vehicle may pitch up and out of control, due to the low thrust-to-weight situation and relatively high dynamic pressure. When a second engine fails, the vehicle will pitch up and try to maintain its trajectory at a lower thrust to weight. However, the dynamic pressure may be too high to maintain this attitude at this angle of attack and the flight control system will quickly become saturated, resulting in LOC."
- "Thinning hair can be especially disconcerting when one is trying to wear 'locs, also known as dreadlocks, which I'd first begun in late 2001. […] I finally fetched the shears and, cringing, cut off each 'loc at the point where new growth was coming in."
- "Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first archaeological evidence of locs comes from East Africa."
- "Dread Head will assist you with temporarily locing your hair."
- "Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib?"
- "The first contributor of an accepted new item (not a COA) is entitled to a free issue, as are all other Good People who send in locs, cartoons, etc."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /loʊk/
- British English: /ləʊk/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Dated
- Slang
- Informal
- Transitive verb
- American usage
Inflected Forms
LOCs (plural)
'loc (alternative)
locs (present, singular)
locing (participle, present)
loced (participle, past)
loced (past)
more loc (comparative)
most loc (superlative)
LoCcing (participle, present)
LoCced (participle, past)
LoCced (past)