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UK
/lˈɒkʌp/
]
[ US /ˈɫɑˌkəp/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɑˌkəp/ ]
NOUN
- the act of locking something up to protect it
- jail in a local police station
How To Use lockup In A Sentence
- A four speed automatic with overdrive and lockup torque converter comes standard with the petrol engine.
- And, frankly, this backwoods lockup was a far remove from his usual, aseptic surroundings.
- Probation officers and those who treat juvenile offenders within the community say violence is an ongoing problem in the three lockups.
- The system was rock solid at this setting, though after about 15 minutes, we experienced some odd lockups.
- He claimed, that the company ‘has obtained the consent of the Ministry of Finance to sell its entire shareholding prior to the expiry of the lockup period’.
- Shares in newly listed search engine fell 2 per cent as investors braced for the expiration of a lockup period that has kept insiders at the web search company from selling stock.
- It's fairly stable - I had only two lockups in all my testing on both systems - but lacks end-user information to make serious use of all its features.
- I'd be lying if I said the ram was running 100% reliably, as I did experience lockups when running stress tests.
- That directly got the FBI involved as the im -- the mediary between Indian intelligence and the -- and the FBI and this suspect, who's now sitting in federal lockup in Chicago. CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2009
- Granted, better performance will get you a faster system, but if that system is plagued by random reboots or occasional lockups you'll likely be loosing valuable work and time and thus cut into your productivity.