lockup

Plural: lockups

Noun

• A temporary jail or detention facility.
• jail in a local police station
• the act of locking something up to protect it
• A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
• A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
• 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.
• A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
• A device for locking type into position for printing.
• A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.

Examples

• He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.
• Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown.
• The Scrabble board felt like a lockup, with no open spaces to play a long word.

Synonyms

locking