locked

Etymology

* (drunk): Perhaps from airlocked.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of lock

adj

  1. Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
    A locked door barred the way.
  2. (computing) Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
    You can't delete a locked computer file.
  3. (Ireland) Very drunk.
    'Drunk. Battered. Ar meisce. In a state of alcohol-induced intoxication.' […] Nadine and I once watched the news and had a shot of absinthe every time someone said unnatural. We were absolutely locked.' 2021, Samantha Shannon, The Mask Falling, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 99
  4. (mobile telephony, of a phone) Bound to a carrier.

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