English Explanatory Dictionary

airlocked

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Equipped with an airlock.
  2. Blocked or non-functional due to an air lock.
  3. Extremely drunk.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of airlock

Word forms

airlocked more airlocked most airlocked

Etymology

Share (2005) suggests that the adjective comes from the past participle of the verb airlock (“to stop suddenly”), which Macaffee (1996) says is “from the cut-out in a diesel engine if air enters the fuel system”.

Synonyms

drunk
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