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hardlock

hardlock noun: a situation where a game becomes unplayable or unresponsive due to a glitch, making further progress or action impossible.

Noun

hardlock (plural hardlocks)

  1. A situation where a game becomes unplayable or unresponsive due to a glitch, making further progress or action impossible.

Verb

hardlock (third-person singular simple present hardlocks, present participle hardlocking, simple past and past participle hardlocked)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To be in or cause a hardlock.

Forms of hardlock

Noun
pluralhardlocks
Verb
third-person singular presenthardlocks
present participlehardlocking
past participlehardlocked
pasthardlocked

Origin of hardlock

From hard + lock.

Questions about hardlock

What does hardlock mean?
Hardlock means a situation where a game becomes unplayable or unresponsive due to a glitch, making further progress or action impossible.
What part of speech is hardlock?
Hardlock can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hardlock?
The plural of hardlock is hardlocks.

Words near hardlock in the dictionary

  1. hardliner
  2. hardliners
  3. hardlines
  4. hardlink
  5. hardlinks
  6. hardlock
  7. hardlocked
  8. hardlocking
  9. hardlocks
  10. hardlooking
  11. hardluck

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