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locking

2 syllables
noun
Quick answer

As a noun, locking means the act by which something is locked.

Meanings of locking

3 meanings

verb

Present participle of lock

noun

  1. The act by which something is locked.

  2. computingThe use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

  3. The act of locking something up to protect it

    Similar: lockup

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the act of locking something up to protect it
lockup

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