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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

airlocked

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
air-locked
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Equipped with an airlock.

adj

Blocked or non-functional due to an air lock.

adj

Extremely drunk.

verb

simple past and past participle of airlock

Example Sentences

Etymology

Share (2005) suggests that the adjective comes from the past participle of the verb airlock (“to stop suddenly”), which Macaffee (1996) says is “from the cut-out in a diesel engine if air enters the fuel system”.

Inflected Forms

more airlocked (comparative) most airlocked (superlative)

Synonyms

drunk

Questions

What does airlocked mean?
Equipped with an airlock.
Where does airlocked come from?
Share (2005) suggests that the adjective comes from the past participle of the verb airlock (“to stop suddenly”), which Macaffee (1996) says is “from the cut-out in a diesel engine if air enters the fuel system”.

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