Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

locked

/lɑkt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: locked
IPA: /lɑkt/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of lock

adj

Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.

adj

Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.

adj

Very drunk.

adj

Bound to a carrier.

adj

Styled into dreadlocks; wearing dreadlocks.

Example Sentences

"A locked door barred the way."
"You can't delete a locked computer file."
"'Drunk. Battered. Ar meisce. In a state of alcohol-induced intoxication.' […] Nadine and I once watched the news and had a shot of absinthe every time someone said unnatural. We were absolutely locked.'"

Etymology

* (drunk): Perhaps from airlocked.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /lɑkt/
British English: /lɒkt/

Derived Forms

geolocked landlocked multilocked nonlocked sealocked ziplocked

Phrases

locked and loaded locked behind bars locked-room mystery locked up long-locked region-locked wood-locked

Synonyms

loc'd dreadlocked drunk dedicated

Antonyms

unlocked

Rhymes With

blocked shocked knocked unlocked rocked stocked mocked docked clocked cocked flocked concoct

Questions

How do you pronounce locked?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɑkt/.
What does locked mean?: simple past and past participle of lock
Where does locked come from?: * (drunk): Perhaps from airlocked.

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