(UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
(computing) A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
(marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
(mechanical engineering) A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
(printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.
(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.
lookup
lookup
noun
An attempt to retrieve data.
The process of locating a term in a reference work.
verb
Misspelling of look up.
plouky
uplock
uplock
noun
(aviation) A mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight.
