lock outs
lock outs is the plural of lock out.
Meaning of lock out
Verb
lock out (third-person singular simple present locks out, present participle locking out, simple past and past participle locked out)
- To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
- I've locked myself out of my room again!
- To prevent from accessing a data structure.
- The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.
- (industrial) To prevent (a person, including oneself) from powering up or turning on a machine when doing so would be dangerous (accomplished with objects such as padlocks or zip ties placed through the switch handle, for example)
- (colloquial, sometimes humorous) To be unable to concentrate.
- Bro, I am totally locked out on this assignment.
Questions about lock outs
- What is lock outs the plural of?
- Lock outs is the plural of lock out.
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