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airlocking

airlocking is the present participle and gerund of airlock.

Meaning of airlock

Verb

airlock (third-person singular simple present airlocks, present participle airlocking, simple past and past participle airlocked)

  1. (transitive) To secure with an airlock.
  2. (transitive) To dispose of through an airlock.
    • Delighted by the unexpected two-pelt bonus, he airlocked the meat. Wookiee tasted oily and foul.2011 June 28, Kevin Anderson, Tales of the Bounty Hunters: Star Wars Legends, Random House Worlds, →ISBN
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To firewall, to maintain an ethical wall.
    • […]cosmetics manufacturing enterprises do not want to have wholesalers standing in the middle to mark up prices of their products, and this has in fact affected the competitiveness of the manufacturers and airlocked the manufacturers from consumer dynamics.1998, Jonathan Reuvid, Doing Business with China, GMB Publishing, Limited

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Questions about airlocking

What is airlocking the present participle and gerund of?
Airlocking is the present participle and gerund of airlock.

Words near airlocking in the dictionary

  1. airlings
  2. airlink
  3. airlinks
  4. airlock
  5. airlocked
  6. airlocking
  7. airlocks
  8. airly
  9. airmail
  10. airmail field
  11. airmailed

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