Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that locks.
- noun A small, usually metal compartment that can be locked, especially one at a gymnasium or public place for the safekeeping of clothing and valuables.
- noun A flat trunk for storage.
- noun A heavily insulated refrigerated cabinet, compartment, or room for storing frozen foods.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which locks up.
- noun A close receptacle, as a chest, a drawer, a compartment, or a cupboard, that may be closed with a lock.
- noun A recess or niche near an altar in some Roman Catholic churches, intended as a depository for water, oil, etc.
- noun A bar-room or groggery.
- To curl.
- To entangle; mat together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, locks.
- noun A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.
- noun (Naut.) a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.
- noun See
Davy Jones . - noun a compartment where shot are deposited.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
storage compartment with alock usually used to storeclothing , equipment, or books. - noun rare One who
locks something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
- noun a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
- noun a fastener that locks or closes
Etymologies
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Examples
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High school as American exceptionalism in the bang of a locker is a fetching idea, but unfortunately, Milner's specialty is pecking orders: his best-known work, Status and Sacredness (1994), examined India's caste system.
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High school as American exceptionalism in the bang of a locker is a fetching idea, but unfortunately, Milner's specialty is pecking orders: his best-known work, Status and Sacredness (1994), examined India's caste system.
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Before he executed this duty, however, the unfortunate man opened what he called a locker -- what a housewife would term a cupboard -- and fortified his nerves with a strong draught of pure Nantes; a liquor that no hostilities, custom-house duties, or national antipathies, has ever been able to bring into general disrepute in the British Islands.
The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Last Hero, do you like hanging out in locker rooms full of naked and sweaty male bodies?
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This is a pretty good description of how women usually act in locker rooms.
That and this chezmax 2010
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A locking differential, diff-lock or locker is a variation on the standard automotive differential.
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In the era of multimillion-dollar salaries, chartered jets and Xboxes in locker stalls, the spirit of Rambis remains alive through the grittiness of certain players who still do the dirty work.
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A locking differential, diff-lock or locker is a variation on the standard automotive differential.
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Women who didn't participate in "locker room stuff" were also excluded from important information shared by their male colleagues - and networking and inside information are important for advancing your career.
Archive 2008-05-01 Peggy 2008
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Everyone has to find an identity that doesn't involve where your locker is or who you sit with in the cafeteria.
ruzuzu commented on the word locker
A groggery.
March 16, 2011
BritSwag commented on the word locker
Today I forgot to put my backpack in my locker during PE and someone stuffed a bottle of drugs into it so that it stunk like crap and I had to get rid of it...I liked that backpack. :(
November 1, 2011
sionnach commented on the word locker
barnstorming on an invisible segway has a nice ring to it.
November 2, 2011
bilby commented on the word locker
"...a liquor that no hostilities, custom-house duties, or national antipathies, has ever been able to bring into general disrepute in the British Islands."
November 2, 2011