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Lockup

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells. countable, slang, uncountable

    "He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly."

  2. 2
    the act of locking something up to protect it wordnet
  3. 3
    A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage. UK, countable, uncountable

    "Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown."

  4. 4
    jail in a local police station wordnet
  5. 5
    A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A device for locking type into position for printing. countable, historical, uncountable
  3. 8
    A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text. broadly, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Deverbal from lock up.

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