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(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration. / (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.

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lockup

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Source Word

lockup

Noun

slang UK historical broadly

Japanese Meaning

（スラング）刑務所の独房や収監期間を指す。 / （英国主に）施錠された扉が付いた倉庫や保管庫、ガレージを指す。

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After the protest turned violent, he spent a week in the lockup before his lawyer could post bail.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

抗議が暴力的になった後、弁護士が保釈を勝ち取るまで彼は一週間留置場で過ごした。

Sense（1）

(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.

He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.

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Sense（2）

(UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.

Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(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.

Sense（4）

(computing) A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.

Sense（5）

(printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.

Sense（6）

(marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.

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