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shift locks

shift locks is the plural of shift lock.

Meaning of shift lock

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

Questions about shift locks

What is shift locks the plural of?
Shift locks is the plural of shift lock.

Words near shift locks in the dictionary

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

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