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lockout.

The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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. The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.

    broadly
    It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.
  4. The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.

  5. The situation of being locked out of a building.

    a locksmith who is willing to deal with emergency lockouts
  6. A situation where the system is not responding to input.

  7. A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation; a safety device to keep the power supply turned off during repairs; the standardized practice and method whereby such devices are deployed.

    lockout–tagout
  8. The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".

  9. An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.

  10. A form of vote splitting in a two-round voting system which a large number of candidates with similar politics prevent each other from advancing to the second round, allowing a pair of opposition candidates to face each other in the runoff.

Where this word comes from

Deverbal from lock out.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.