English Explanatory Dictionary

LOC

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of lab on a chip.
  2. Initialism of letter of contract.
  3. Initialism of letter of comment
  4. Initialism of level of consciousness.
  5. Initialism of line of credit.
  6. Initialism of line of code.
  7. Abbreviation of localizer.
  8. Initialism of loss of crew.
  9. Initialism of loss of consciousness.
  10. Initialism of loss of control.
name
  1. Initialism of Library of Congress.
  2. Initialism of Line of Control.
noun
  1. A dreadlock.
verb
  1. To style (the hair) in dreadlocks.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of LOC.
noun
  1. Clipping of localization.
adj
  1. Clipping of loco (“crazy”).
noun
  1. Correspondence, usually a letter, sent to a periodical commenting on either the contents of a previous issue or an earlier letter of comment.
  2. Initialism of lines of code.
verb
  1. To write a letter of comment to a periodical.

Pronunciation

lōk /ləʊk/ /loʊk/

Word forms

LOC LOCs 'loc locing loced more loc most loc LoCcing LoCced

Etymology

Clipping of dreadlock.

Synonyms

SLOC LOC letterhack

Related words

LoC LC

Derived words

GLOC KLOC LLOC MLOC LOCV loc'd loced out loccer
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