noun
Meaning 1
Misspelling of lockout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
lock out
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verb
Meaning 2
To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I've locked myself out of my room again!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: let in, lock in
Broader terms: keep out
verb
Meaning 3
To prevent from accessing a data structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
(industrial) To prevent (a person, including oneself) from powering up or turning on a machine when doing so would be dangerous (accomplished with objects such as padlocks or zip ties placed through the switch handle, for example)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
(colloquial, sometimes humorous) To be unable to concentrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- Bro, I am totally locked out on this assignment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
prevent employees from working during a strike
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Aussperrung — an event in which an employer bars employees from working
- Italian: serrata — an event in which an employer bars employees from working
- Polish: lokaut — an event in which an employer bars employees from working
- Swedish: lockout — an event in which an employer bars employees from working
- Finnish: teljetä — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- German: aussperren — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Italian: escludere — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Italian: chiudersi fuori — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Polish: zamykać przypadkowo — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Polish: zamknąć przypadkowo — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Polish: zakluczać — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Polish: zakluczyć — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Portuguese: trancar para fora — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Swedish: låsa ute — inadvertently prevent from entering a place
- Italian: escludere — prevent from accessing a data structure
- Polish: zamykać na klucz — prevent from accessing a data structure
- Polish: zamknąć na klucz — prevent from accessing a data structure