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lock-on

lock-on noun: a technique used by protesters to make it difficult to remove them from their place of protest, involving a human chain with linked arms, or sometimes the use of special hardware.

Noun

lock-on (plural lock-ons)

  1. A technique used by protesters to make it difficult to remove them from their place of protest, involving a human chain with linked arms, or sometimes the use of special hardware.

lock-on meaning in Tamil

lock-on in Tamil

தானியங்கிப் பின்தொடர்தல்

Forms of lock-on

plurallock-ons

Origin of lock-on

Deverbal from lock on.

Questions about lock-on

What does lock-on mean?
Lock-on means a technique used by protesters to make it difficult to remove them from their place of protest, involving a human chain with linked arms, or sometimes the use of special hardware.
What is lock-on in Tamil?
Lock-on in Tamil is தானியங்கிப் பின்தொடர்தல். See Lock-on meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lock-on?
Lock-on is a noun.
What is the plural of lock-on?
The plural of lock-on is lock-ons.

Words near lock-on in the dictionary

  1. lock-free
  2. lock-in
  3. lock-ins
  4. lock-off
  5. lock-offs
  6. lock-on
  7. lock-ons
  8. lock-out
  9. lock-outs
  10. lock-pick
  11. lock-picked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lock-on (page history and authors); lock-on (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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