(mechanical engineering) A problem mostly affecting gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines, where the liquid fuel changes state from liquid to gas while still in the fuel delivery system, reducing the pump pressure and causing transient power loss or complete stalling.

plural of lock gate

(Usually) one of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir.

plural of locked fault

plural of lock stitch

(computing theory) The undesirable situation where multiple threads of equal priority contend repeatedly for the same lock.

plural of lock convoy

(poetic) Surrounded by woodland.

simple past tense and past participle of lock lips

(US, slang) To have matters in control.