lockup

See also: lock-up and lock up

English

Alternative forms

• lock-up

Etymology

From the verb phrase lock up.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

lockup (plural lockups)

1. (slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.

   He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.

2. (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage

   Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown.

3. (printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.
4. (marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.

Translations

prison — see prison

Anagrams

• uplock