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shift lock

shift lock noun: a lock key on a typewriter, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalized.

Noun

shift lock (plural shift locks)

  1. (typewriting) A lock key on a typewriter, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalized.
    • Belinda released the shift lock and reverted to lower case.2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 264

Forms of shift lock

pluralshift locks

Questions about shift lock

What does shift lock mean?
Shift lock means a lock key on a typewriter, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalized.
What part of speech is shift lock?
Shift lock is a noun.
What is the plural of shift lock?
The plural of shift lock is shift locks.

Words near shift lock in the dictionary

  1. shift keys
  2. shift lead
  3. shift leads
  4. shift lever
  5. shift levers
  6. shift lock
  7. shift locks
  8. shift off
  9. shift one's ground
  10. shift one's tides
  11. shift out

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