lock out

See also: lockout and lock-out

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

lock out (third-person singular simple present locks out, present participle locking out, simple past and past participle locked out)

(transitive) To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
Antonyms: let in, lock in

Hypernym: keep out

I've locked myself out of my room again!
(computing) To prevent from accessing a data structure.
The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.
(transitive) (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)
Coordinate term: tag out
(intransitive or transitive) (colloquial, sometimes humorous) To be unable to concentrate.
Bro, I am totally locked out on this assignment.

Derived terms

lock-out (noun)
lockout (noun)

Translations

inadvertently prevent from entering a place

Finnish: teljetä (fi)
German: aussperren (de)
Italian: escludere (it), chiudersi fuori
Polish: zamykać przypadkowo impf, zamknąć przypadkowo pf, zakluczać impf, zakluczyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: trancar para fora
Swedish: låsa ute

prevent from accessing a data structure

Italian: escludere (it)
Polish: zamykać na klucz impf, zamknąć na klucz pf

Noun

lock out (plural lock outs)

Misspelling of lockout.

Translations

an event in which an employer bars employees from working

German: Aussperrung (de) f
Italian: serrata (it) f
Polish: lokaut m
Swedish: lockout (sv) c