lockout

Meaning of lockout

noun
  1. The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
  2. The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
  3. (by extension) The exclusion of others from a certain place or situation.
    It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.
  4. A situation where the system is not responding to input.
  5. A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation.
  6. The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
  7. An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.
    2016, Christian Thibaudeau, “Tip: For Bigger Triceps, Do Heavy Lockouts”, T-Nation.

Information about lockout

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of lockout is: lockouts.
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Hyphenation of lockout

lock-out

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • lockout is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

lockout antonyms

Meaning :

strike

Words that rhyme with lockout

breakout, freakout, speakout, Blockout, backout, blackout, blockout, checkout, kickout, knockout, pickout, sickout, stickout, walkout, flunkout, cookout, lookout, workout, skout

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