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keylocks

keylocks is the plural of keylock.

Meaning of keylock

Noun

keylock (plural keylocks)

  1. (combat sports) An armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury.
  2. (historical) A physical lock on the case of a computer, preventing use of the keyboard until unlocked.
    • We complained in our review of the PC AT that the problem with the keylock is that when you power up with the keylock on, you cannot continue until you unlock the system.1986, InfoWorld, volume 8, number 10, page 49
  3. A digital feature used by disc jockeys that locks a track to its original key regardless of changes made to the tempo.

See all 4 meanings of keylock

Proper noun capitalized: Keylocks

Keylocks

  1. (plural) plural of Keylock

Questions about keylocks

What is keylocks the plural of?
Keylocks is the plural of keylock.
What part of speech is keylocks?
Keylocks is a proper noun.

Words near keylocks in the dictionary

  1. keylike
  2. keylime pie
  3. keyline
  4. keylines
  5. keylock
  6. keylocks
  7. keylogger
  8. keyloggers
  9. keylogging
  10. Keylon
  11. Keylons

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