A key lock (device requiring a key or a combination to be opened).
A lock (canal segment).
From Middle English lok , from Old English loc , from Proto-West Germanic *lok , from Proto-Germanic *luką from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ( “ to bend; turn ” ) . The verb is from Middle English locken , lokken , louken , from Old English lūcan , Proto-West Germanic *lūkan , from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną . Related to luxe via Latin.
lock (plural locks )
Something used for fastening , which can only be opened with a key or combination .
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC :We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock .
( computing , by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource .
2005 , Karl Kopper, The Linux Enterprise Cluster :[T]he application must first acquire a lock on a file or a portion of a file before reading data and modifying it.
A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
1846 , William Makepeace Thackeray , Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo :Here the canal came to a check, ending abruptly with a large lock .
( firearms ) The firing mechanism.
1836 March – 1837 October , Charles Dickens , “(please specify the chapter name) ”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club , London: Chapman and Hall , [ … ] , published 1837 , →OCLC :"I never saw such a gun in my life," replied poor Winkle, looking at the lock , as if that would do any good.
Complete control over a situation.
2003 , Charley Rosen , The Wizard of Odds :Even though he had not yet done so, Jack felt he had a lock on the game.
Something sure to be a success .
2004 , Avery Corman , A perfect divorce :Brian thinks she's a lock to get a scholarship somewhere.
( gambling ) Synonym of Dutch book
( rugby ) A player in the scrum behind the front row , usually the tallest members of the team.
2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania ”, in BBC Sport :Ashton only had to wait three minutes for his second try, lock Louis Deacon setting it up with a rollocking line-break, before Romania got on the scoreboard courtesy of a penalty from fly-half Marin Danut Dumbrava.
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
1834 September–November; 1835 January, Thomas De Quincey, “Samuel Taylor Coleridge ”, in Autobiographic Sketches: With Recollections of the Lakes (De Quincey’s Works; II), London: James Hogg & Sons , →OCLC , page 207 :[O]n may of his lecture days I have seen all Albemarle Street closed by a "lock " of carriages, filled with women of distinction, until the servants of the Institution or their own footmen advanced to the carriage-doors with the intelligence that Mr. Coleridge had been suddenly taken ill.
A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
1697 , Virgil , “The Fifth Book of the Æneis ”, in John Dryden , transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson , [ … ] , →OCLC :Sergestus, eager with his beak to press / Betwixt the rival galley and the rock, / Shuts up the unwieldy Centaur in the lock
A device for keeping a wheel from turning .
A grapple in wrestling .
something used for fastening
Abkhaz: ацаԥха ( acapxa )
Afrikaans: slot (af)
Albanian: kyç (sq) m
Arabic: قُفْل m ( qufl )
Hijazi Arabic: قُفُل m ( guful )
Armenian: կողպեք (hy) ( koġpekʻ )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܦܠܵܐ m ( quplā )
Asturian: peslleru m
Avar: kӏулал
Azerbaijani: qıfıl (az)
Bashkir: йоҙаҡ ( yoźaq )
Basque: sarraila
Belarusian: замо́к m ( zamók )
Bengali: তালা (bn) ( tala )
Bulgarian: ключа́лка (bg) f ( ključálka ) , бра́ва (bg) f ( bráva )
Burmese: သော့ (my) ( sau. )
Catalan: cadenat (ca) m
Chakma: 𑄖𑄣 ( tālā )
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鎖 / 锁 ( so2 )
Dungan: суәзы ( suəzɨ )
Eastern Min: 锁 ( sō̤ )
Mandarin: 鎖 / 锁 (zh) ( suǒ ) , 鎖子 / 锁子 (zh) ( suǒzi )
Czech: zámek (cs) m
Dalmatian: pescatoira f
Danish: lås (da) c
Dutch: slot (nl) n
Esperanto: fermilo , seruro , ŝloso
Estonian: lukk (et)
Finnish: lukko (fi)
French: verrou (fr) f , cadenas (fr) m , serrure (fr) f
Galician: cerradura (gl) f , fechadura f , pechadura f
Georgian: კლიტე (ka) ( ḳliṭe ) , საკეტი ( saḳeṭi )
German: Schloss (de) n
Greek: κλειδαριά (el) f ( kleidariá )
Gujarati: તાળું n ( tāḷũ )
Hebrew: מַנְעוּל (he) m ( man'úl )
Hindi: ताला (hi) m ( tālā )
Hungarian: zár (hu) , lakat (hu) , retesz (hu)
Icelandic: lás (is) m
Ido: seruro (io)
Indonesian: kunci (id)
Ingush: чӏега ( čʼega )
Interlingua: serratura
Irish: glas (ga) m
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: serratura (it) f , chiavistello (it) m , lucchetto (it) m
Japanese: 錠前 (ja) ( じょうまえ, jōmae ) , 錠 (ja) ( じょう, jō ) , 鎹 (ja) ( かすがい, kasugai ) , 釘 (ja) ( くぎ, kugi )
Kapampangan: kandaru , seradura , kunsi ( archaic )
Kazakh: бекіткіш ( bekıtkış ) , құлып ( qūlyp )
Khmer: សោ (km) ( sao )
Korean: 자물쇠 (ko) ( jamulsoe )
Kumyk: беклик ( beklik ) , къала ( qala ) , сарай ( saray ) , дворец ( dworets ) , замок ( zamok )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: qilf (ku) m
Kyrgyz: кулпу (ky) ( kulpu )
Lao: ແມ່ກະແຈ ( mǣ ka chǣ )
Latin: claustra n pl , ( Late ) clausūra f
Latvian: atslēga f , slēdzene (lv) f
Lithuanian: užraktas m
Luxembourgish: Schlass (lb) n , Klauschter (lb) m
Macedonian: брава f ( brava ) , катанец m ( katanec )
Malay: ibu kunci
Maori: raka
Marathi: कुलूप ( kulūp )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цоож (mn) ( coož ) , түгжээ (mn) ( tügžee ) , оньс (mn) ( onʹs ) ( Inner Mongolia )
Mongolian: ᠴᠣᠣᠵᠢ ( čooǰi ) , ᠲᠦᠭᠵᠢᠶᠡ ( tüɣǰiy-e ) , ᠣᠨᠢᠰᠤ ( onisu ) ( Inner Mongolia )
Ngazidja Comorian: itasa class 7 /8
North Frisian: Slot ( Sylt )
Northern Thai: ᨾᩯ᩵ᨠᩕᨧᩯ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lås (no) m or n
Nynorsk: lås m or n
Odia: ତାଲା (or) ( tālā )
Ojibwe: gashkaabika'igan
Old English: loc n
Old Norse: láss m
Ossetian: гуыдыр ( g°ydyr )
Ottoman Turkish: كلید ( kilid ) , مغلاق ( miğlak )
Persian:
Dari: قُفْل (fa) ( qufl )
Iranian Persian: قُفْل (fa) ( ğofl )
Piedmontese: saradura f
Plautdietsch: Schlott n
Polish: zamek (pl) m
Portuguese: fechadura (pt) f , cadeado (pt) m
Romanian: încuietoare (ro) f , lacăt (ro) , broască (ro) f , zăvor (ro) , clanță (ro)
Russian: замо́к (ru) m ( zamók ) , запо́р (ru) m ( zapór ) , затво́р (ru) m ( zatvór )
Scots: lock
Scottish Gaelic: glas f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бра̀ва f , ка̀танац m ( padlock )
Roman: bràva (sh) f , kàtanac (sh) m ( padlock )
Sindhi: تالو
Slovak: zámok (sk) m
Slovene: ključavnica (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zamk m
Southern Altai: сомок ( somok )
Spanish: cerradura (es) f , candado (es) m , chapa (es) f
Swahili: kufuli (sw)
Swedish: lås (sv) n
Tagalog: ( literally ) kandado n
Tai Dam: ꪄꪫ꪿ꪱ ( khoá )
Tajik: қуфл ( qufl ) , қулф ( qulf )
Tamil: பூட்டு (ta) ( pūṭṭu )
Tarifit: tišfart f
Tatar: бик (tt) ( bik ) , йозак (tt) ( yozaq )
Telugu: తాళము (te) ( tāḷamu )
Thai: กุญแจ (th) ( gun-jɛɛ ) , ประแจ (th) ( bprà-jɛɛ ) , ล็อก (th) ( lɔ́k ) , แม่กุญแจ (th) ( mɛ̂ɛ-gun-jɛɛ )
Tibetan: སྒོ་ལྕགས ( sgo lcags )
Turkish: kilit (tr)
Turkmen: gulp
Tuvan: дээк ( deek ) , шооча ( şooça )
Ukrainian: замо́к m ( zamók )
Urdu: تالا m ( tālā )
Uyghur: قۇلۇپ (ug) ( qulup )
Uzbek: qulf (uz)
Vietnamese: khóa (vi) , ổ khóa (vi)
Volapük: lök (vo)
Welsh: clo (cy) m
White Hmong: ntsuas phoo
Yiddish: שלאָס m ( shlos )
Yup'ik: kelucaq
Zazaki: qılf , qefıl
Zhuang: suj , daep
segment of a canal
Afrikaans: sluis (af)
Arabic: هَوِّيس m ( hawwīs )
Bulgarian: шлюз (bg) m ( šljuz )
Catalan: resclosa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水閘 / 水闸 (zh) ( shuǐzhá )
Czech: zdymadlo n , plavební komora f
Dutch: sluis (nl) f
Esperanto: kluzo
Finnish: sulku (fi)
French: écluse (fr) f , sas (fr) m
German: Schleuse (de) f , Schiffshebewerk n
Greek: υδατοφράκτης (el) m ( ydatofráktis )
Hebrew: תָּא שַׁיִט (he) m ( ta shayit ) , תָּא סָכוּר (he) m ( ta sakhur ) , מִסְכוֹר m ( miskhor )
Hungarian: zsilip (hu) , hajózsilip (hu)
Indonesian: pintu air (id)
Italian: chiusa (it) f
Japanese: 水門 (ja) ( すいもん, suimon ) , 水門 (ja) ( みと, mito ) 閘門 (ja) ( こうもん, kōmon )
Luxembourgish: Schleis n
Macedonian: преводница f ( prevodnica )
Malay: pintu air
Maori: matatara , matatara poti
Polish: śluza (pl) f
Portuguese: eclusa (pt) f
Romanian: stăvilar (ro)
Russian: шлюз (ru) m ( šljuz )
Slovak: plavebná komora f , vzdúvadlo n
Spanish: esclusa (es) f
Swedish: sluss (sv) c
Volapük: klut
Welsh: loc m
firing mechanism of a gun
something sure to be a success
a player in the second row of the scrum in Rugby
lock (third-person singular simple present locks , present participle locking , simple past locked , past participle locked or ( obsolete ) locken )
( intransitive ) To become fastened in place .
If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock .
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC :We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked , of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.
( transitive ) To fasten with a lock .
Remember to lock the door when you leave.
( intransitive ) To be capable of becoming fastened in place .
This door locks with a key.
( transitive ) To intertwine or dovetail .
with his hands locked behind his back
We locked arms and stepped out into the night.
( intransitive , break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place .
a pop and lock routine
To furnish (a canal ) with locks .
To raise or lower (a boat ) in a lock .
To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
( Internet , transitive ) To modify (a thread ) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
( Internet , wiki jargon , transitive ) To prevent a page from being edited by other users .
Frequently-vandalized pages are generally locked to prevent further damage.
( intransitive , rugby ) To play in the position of lock.
1980 , Ken Berry, chapter 14, in First Offender , Auckland: Collins, page 117 :Please don't disappoint me - you are female, aren't you? I have a lingering suspicion that you are 17 stone and lock for Tarankai.
( antonym(s) of “ to fasten with a lock; to be capable of becoming fastened in place ” ) : unlock
to become fastened in place
Arabic: أَقْفَلَ ( ʔaqfala )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܦܹܠ ( qāpēl ) , ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ ( dāḇēr )
Bulgarian: затва́рям се (bg) ( zatvárjam se )
Dutch: blokkeren (nl) , vastlopen (nl)
Finnish: lukittua , lukkiutua (fi)
French: se bloquer (fr) , se verrouiller (fr)
German: blockieren (de)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: bezáródik (hu) , lezáródik (hu) , blokkol (hu) , blokkolódik , beszorul (hu) , elakad (hu) , megakad (hu)
Italian: bloccarsi (it) , incepparsi (it)
Latin: claudor
Romanian: bloca (ro) , închide (ro)
Russian: блоки́роваться (ru) impf ( blokírovatʹsja )
Spanish: bloquearse (es) , trabarse (es) , candarse , cerrarse (es)
Swedish: låsa sig , fastna (sv)
to fasten with a lock
Afrikaans: sluit (af)
Arabic: أَقْفَلَ ( ʔaqfala )
Hijazi Arabic: قَفَل ( gafal ) , قَفَّل ( gaffal ) , صَكّ ( ṣakk )
Armenian: կողպել (hy) ( koġpel )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܦܹܠ ( qāpēl ) , ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ ( dāḇēr )
Asturian: pesllar
Azerbaijani: qıfıllamaq , kilidləmək (az)
Bashkir: бикләү ( bikləw ) , ( Eastern ) биктәү ( biktəw )
Belarusian: запіра́ць impf ( zapirácʹ ) , запе́рці pf ( zapjérci ) , замыка́ць impf ( zamykácʹ ) , замкну́ць pf ( zamknúcʹ )
Bulgarian: заклю́чвам (bg) impf ( zakljúčvam ) , заклю́ча pf ( zakljúča )
Burmese: သော့ခတ် (my) ( sau.hkat )
Catalan: tancar amb cadenat
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鎖 / 锁 ( so2 )
Mandarin: 鎖 / 锁 (zh) ( suǒ ) , 鎖上 / 锁上 (zh) ( suǒshàng )
Czech: zamykat (cs) impf , zamknout (cs) pf
Danish: låse
Dutch: afsluiten (nl) , op slot doen
Esperanto: ŝlosi
Estonian: lukustama
Finnish: lukita (fi)
French: verrouiller (fr) , ( Quebec ) barrer (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: abschließen (de) , verschließen (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 ( galukan )
Greek: κλειδώνω (el) ( kleidóno )
Hebrew: נָעַל (he) ( na'ál )
Hindi: ताला लगाना ( tālā lagānā )
Hungarian: zár (hu) , bezár (hu)
Hunsrik: schliese
Icelandic: læsa (is)
Ido: klefagar (io)
Irish: glasáil
Italian: chiudere a chiave (it) , chiudere (it) , serrare (it)
Japanese: 鍵を掛ける ( かぎをかける, kagi o kakeru ) , 閉める ( しめる, shimeru ) , 鎖す ( さす, sasu )
Jarai: khuă
Khmer: ចាក់សោ ( caksao ) ( to lock or to unlock )
Korean: 잠그다 (ko) ( jamgeuda )
Latvian: aizslēgt
Lithuanian: užrakinti
Macedonian: заклучува impf ( zaklučuva ) , заклучи pf ( zakluči )
Maori: raka , tāmau , maukati
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цоожлох (mn) ( coožlox ) , түгжих (mn) ( tügžix )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: låse
Nynorsk: låsa
Old English: lūcan
Oromo: qollofuu
Ottoman Turkish: كلیدلمك ( kilidlemek )
Persian: قفل کردن ( qofl kardan )
Polish: zamykać na klucz (pl) impf , zamknąć (pl) pf , zakluczyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: trancar (pt)
Romanian: încuia (ro)
Russian: запира́ть (ru) impf ( zapirátʹ ) , запере́ть (ru) pf ( zaperétʹ ) , замыка́ть (ru) impf ( zamykátʹ ) , замкну́ть (ru) pf ( zamknútʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: glais , glas
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: закљу̀чати pf
Roman: zakljùčati (sh) pf
Slovak: zamykať impf , zamknúť pf
Slovene: zakleniti (sl) pf
Spanish: cerrar con llave , acerrojar (es) , candar (es) , trancar (es) , atrancar (es) , trabar (es) , cerrar con seguro ( Costa Rica ) , poner seguro ( Costa Rica; noun invariable ) , enllavar (es) , llavear (es) , llavir ( Argentina ) , apestillar (es)
Swedish: låsa (sv)
Tamil: பூட்டு (ta) ( pūṭṭu )
Thai: ล็อก (th) ( lɔ́k )
Tibetan: སྒོ་ལྕགས་བརྒྱབ ( sgo lcags brgyab )
Turkish: kilitlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: запира́ти impf ( zapyráty ) , запе́рти pf ( zapérty ) , замика́ти impf ( zamykáty ) , замкну́ти pf ( zamknúty ) , зачиня́ти impf ( začynjáty ) , зачини́ти pf ( začynýty )
Vietnamese: khoá (vi)
Yiddish: שליסן ( shlisn ) , פֿאַרשפּאַרן ( farshparn )
Zazaki: qefılnayış
to be capable of becoming fastened in place
to intertwine or dovetail
break dancing: to freeze one's body or a part thereof in place
to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock
(internet) to stop others contributing to a thread, etc.
From Middle English lok , lokke , from Old English locc ( “ hair of the head, hair, lock of hair, curl, ringlet ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *lokk , from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz , from Proto-Indo-European *lugnó- , from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ( “ to bend ” ) .
Cognate with West Frisian lok , lokke , Dutch lok ( “ earlock, curl ” ) , German Locke ( “ lock of hair, curl ” ) , Danish lok , Swedish lock ( “ lock of hair, curl ” ) . It has been theorised that the word may be related to the Gothic verb *𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 ( *lukan , “ to shut ” ) in its ancient meaning "to curb".
lock (plural locks )
A tuft or length of hair , wool , etc.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act I, scene i] , page 164 :Baſſ. [ …] Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth, For the foure windes blow in from euery coaſt Renowned ſutors, and her ſunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece, Which makes her ſeat of Belmont Cholchos -'| ſtrond , And many Iaſons come in queſt of her.
1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë ], Wuthering Heights : [ … ] , volume (please specify |volume=I or II) , London: Thomas Cautley Newby , [ … ] , →OCLC :If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book (for I perceive you have sent him books), nor locks of hair, nor rings, nor playthings?
A small quantity of straw etc.
( Scots law , historical ) A quantity of meal , the perquisite of a mill -servant .
length of hair
Afrikaans: lok (af)
Arabic: ذُؤَابَة f ( ḏuʔāba )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܪܩܵܐ m ( ˁarqā )
Bashkir: бөҙрә ( böźrə )
Bulgarian: кичур (bg) m ( kičur )
Burmese: ဆံခွေ ( hcamhkwe )
Catalan: floc (ca) m , ble (ca) m
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 綹 / 绺 (zh) ( liǔ )
Czech: lokna (cs) f , kadeř (cs) f
Danish: lok
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: lok (nl) f
Egyptian: (jꜣr )
Esperanto: buklo (eo)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kiehkura (fi)
French: mèche (fr) f
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Galician: bucre m , crecha f , guedella f , repincho m , penecho m , grifo m , frechón m , reguñido m , carrapizo m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Locke (de) f
Greek: μπούκλα (el) f ( boúkla )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: fürt (hu) , hajfürt (hu)
Icelandic: lokkur (is) m
Ido: loklo (io)
Ingrian: leve
Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
Irish: ciabhóg f , dlaíóg ghruaige f , dlaoi ghruaige f , duailín gruaige m , dual gruaige m , gibne f , loca gruaige m , táth gruaige m , urla m
Italian: ricciolo (it) m , ciocca (it) f , ciuffo (it) m
Japanese: 巻き毛 (ja) ( makige )
Khmer: ផ្នត់សក់ ( pnɑt sɑk )
Korean: 타래 (ko) ( tarae )
Latin: crīnis m or f
Macedonian: прамен m ( pramen )
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maori: taio makawe , kaio , hukahuka , iho
Marathi: please add this translation if you can
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Ossetian: стыг ( styg )
Polish: kędzior (pl) m
Portuguese: cacho (pt) m , mecha (pt) f
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: buclă (ro) f
Russian: ло́кон (ru) m ( lókon ) , прядь (ru) f ( prjadʹ )
Slovak: kader f
Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kuźera f
Spanish: mechón (es) , mecha (es) f , rizo (es) m , rulo (es) m , bucle (es) m
Swedish: lock (sv) c
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: కురులు (te) ( kurulu )
Thai: ปอย (th) ( bpɔɔi )
Tocharian B: letse
Walloon: lotchet (wa) m
Welsh: cudyn m
lock
singular imperative of locken
( colloquial ) first-person singular present of locken
ett lock till en gryta [a lid for a pot]
ett plastlock [a plastic lid ]
log cabin (bottom floor) with board panel (top floor) with thinner, protruding "cover" boards (sense 3 )), giving the upper wall a striped appearance.
From Old Norse lok , lokkr , from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz .
lock c
( often in the plural ) a lock of hair, a curl of hair
lock n
a lid , (when referring to a lid) a cover
Hon skruvade av locket på burken She unscrewed the lid of the jar
locket på soptunnanthe lid of the trash can
ett lock till en kastrull a lid for a saucepan
toalettlock toilet lid / toilet seat cover
a cap (when a lid, or often more generally for caps at the end of tubes)
Jag öppnade locket på schampoflaskan I opened the cap of the shampoo bottle
skruva av plastlocket på kaviartuben unscrew the plastic cap on the kaviar tube
popping (as when ears pop)[ 1]
Få lock för örat. Be deafened.
a (thin) board that covers the gap between panel boards
call , lure (uninflected, from the verb locka )
med lock och pock
Få lock för örat: be deafened. When you have bad hearing from the change in air pressure due to an air plane flight. So it’s sort of like having a casserole cover in your ear [ 2]
grytlock