locker room

See also: lockerroom and locker-room

English

Alternative forms

• lockerroom
• locker-room

Etymology 1

Noun

locker room (plural locker rooms)

1. A room attached to an athletic, recreational, or workplace facility, filled with lockers for storage of clothing and equipment; clothes are generally changed there.

   We changed into our swimsuits in the locker room next to the pool.

Translations

locker room — see changing room

Adjective

locker room (not comparable)

1. Characteristic of conversations held in locker rooms; that is, either very informal, boastful, juvenile, or explicitly sexual.

   The others tired of Frank's habitual locker-room boasting about various women he had "scored" with

See also

• bathroom
• bathhouse
• changing room
• dressing room

Etymology 2

Noun

locker room (uncountable)

1. Slang term for inhalants.